Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure.
TACITUSFormerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
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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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Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it.
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So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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Reckless adventure is the fool’s hazard.
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The persecution of genius fosters its influence.
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Reason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to a leader.
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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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