Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
TACITUSIn the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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Whatever is unknown is magnified.
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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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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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Reason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to a leader.
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In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.
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In valor there is hope.
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More faults are often committed while we are trying to oblige than while we are giving offense.
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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One who is allowed to sin, sins less
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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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It is of eloquence as of a flame; it requires matter to feed it, and motion to excite it; and it brightens as it burns.
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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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