Modest fame is not to be despised by the highest characters. [Lat., Modestiae fama neque summis mortalibus spernenda est.]
TACITUSCorruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again.
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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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The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
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[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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The worst hatred is that of relatives.
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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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War will of itself discover and lay open the hidden and rankling wounds of the victorious party.
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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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