They terrify lest they should fear.
TACITUSCandor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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Secure against the designs of men, secure against the malignity of the Gods, they have accomplished a thing of infinite difficulty; that to them nothing remains even to be wished.
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Whatever is unknown is magnified.
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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.
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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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The persecution of genius fosters its influence.
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The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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All inconsiderate enterprises are impetuous at first, but soon lanquish. [Lat., Omnia inconsulti impetus coepta, initiis valida, spatio languescunt.]
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Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
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The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
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