Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
TACITUSIn the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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None grieve so ostentatiously as those who rejoice most in heart. [Lat., Nulla jactantius moerent quam qui maxime laetantur.]
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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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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Bodies are slow of growth, but are rapid in their dissolution. [Lat., Corpora lente augescent, cito extinguuntur.]
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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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The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
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In all things there is a law of cycles.
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It is found by experience that admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin in the misdeeds of others.
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In valor there is hope.
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Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.
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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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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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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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