Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue.
TACITUSBy general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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A cowardly populace which will dare nothing beyond talk.
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The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes
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The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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The sciences throw an inexpressible grace over our compositions, even where they are not immediately concerned; as their effects are discernible where we least expect to find them.
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Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
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Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
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[That form of] eloquence, the foster-child of licence, which fools call liberty. [Lat., Eloquentia, alumna licentiae, quam stulti libertatem vocabant.]
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The task of history is to hold out for reprobation every evil word and deed, and to hold out for praise every great and noble word and deed.
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In seasons of tumult and discord bad men have most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness.
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others.
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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