Forethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader. [Lat., Ratio et consilium, propriae ducis artes.]
TACITUSVictor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
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Neglected, calumny soon expires, show that you are hurt, and you give it the appearance of truth.
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Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
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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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In valor there is hope.
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In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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Reckless adventure is the fool’s hazard.
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The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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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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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.
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Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent.
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