None grieve so ostentatiously as those who rejoice most in heart. [Lat., Nulla jactantius moerent quam qui maxime laetantur.]
TACITUSLegions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent.
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Valor is the contempt of death and pain.
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No one in Germany laughs at vice, nor do they call it the fashion to corrupt and to be corrupted.
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Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue.
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People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
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A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad, will work out his ruin.
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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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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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 brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.
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He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again.
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Reason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to a leader.
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Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure.
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