The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
TACITUSThat cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
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In valor there is hope.
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The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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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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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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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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Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
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The grove is the centre of their whole religion. It is regarded as the cradle of the race and the dwelling-place of the supreme god to whom all things are subject and obedient.
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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