To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
TACITUSCandor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
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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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Even honor and virtue make enemies, condemning, as they do, their opposites by too close a contrast.
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It is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
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Such being the happiness of the times, that you may think as you wish, and speak as you think.
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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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Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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Keen at the start, but careless at the end.
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Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
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An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
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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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There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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The grove is the centre of their whole religion. It is regarded as the cradle of the race and the dwelling-place of the supreme god to whom all things are subject and obedient.
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Conspicuous by his absence.
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