The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.
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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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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Valor is the contempt of death and pain.
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Modest fame is not to be despised by the highest characters. [Lat., Modestiae fama neque summis mortalibus spernenda est.]
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair through fear alone. [Lat., Fortes et strenuos etiam contra fortunam insistere, timidos et ignoros ad desperationem formidine properare.]
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
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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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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
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Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.
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The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
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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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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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The sciences throw an inexpressible grace over our compositions, even where they are not immediately concerned; as their effects are discernible where we least expect to find them.
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