When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
TACITUSFlatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.
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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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Even honor and virtue make enemies, condemning, as they do, their opposites by too close a contrast.
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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others.
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The love of fame is a love that even the wisest of men are reluctant to forgo.
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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
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He (Tiberius) was wont to mock at the arts of physicians, and at those who, after thirty years of age, needed counsel as to what was good or bad for their bodies.
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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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All inconsiderate enterprises are impetuous at first, but soon lanquish. [Lat., Omnia inconsulti impetus coepta, initiis valida, spatio languescunt.]
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Whatever is unknown is magnified.
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The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
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In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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Reason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to a leader.
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