No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
TACITUSNothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.
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It is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
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Nothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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Forethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader. [Lat., Ratio et consilium, propriae ducis artes.]
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
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In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.
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Whatever is unknown is magnified.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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This I regard as history’s highest function, to let no worthy action be uncommemorated, and to hold out the reprobation of posterity as a terror to evil words and deeds.
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