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.
TACITUSThey make solitude, which they call peace.
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Conspicuous by his absence.
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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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They make a desert and call it peace.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
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We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
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An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.
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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
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To rob, to ravage, to murder, in their imposing language, are the arts of civil policy. When they have made the world a solitude, they call it peace.
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
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Keen at the start, but careless at the end.
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An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
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The love of fame is a love that even the wisest of men are reluctant to forgo.
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Rulers always hate and suspect the next in succession. [Lat., Suspectum semper invisumque dominantibus qui proximus destinaretur.]
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