Benefits received are a delight to us as long as we think we can requite them; when that possibility is far exceeded, they are repaid with hatred instead of gratitude.
TACITUSNothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.
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It is of eloquence as of a flame; it requires matter to feed it, and motion to excite it; and it brightens as it burns.
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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.
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We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
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Reckless adventure is the fool’s hazard.
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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
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Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
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Modest fame is not to be despised by the highest characters. [Lat., Modestiae fama neque summis mortalibus spernenda est.]
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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All those things that are now field to be of the greatest antiquity were at one time new; what we to-day hold up by example will rank hereafter as precedent.
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
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