Flattery labors under the odious charge of servility.
TACITUSThe repose of nations cannot be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes
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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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Forethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader. [Lat., Ratio et consilium, propriae ducis artes.]
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In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
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Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
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A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
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In all things there is a kind of law of cycles. [Lat., Rebus cunctis inest quidam velut orbis.]
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