Bodies are slow of growth, but are rapid in their dissolution. [Lat., Corpora lente augescent, cito extinguuntur.]
TACITUSEvery recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue.
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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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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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The principal office of history I take to be this: to prevent virtuous actions from being forgotten, and that evil words and deeds should fear an infamous reputation with posterity.
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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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Who the first inhabitants of Britain were, whether natives or immigrants, remains obscure; one must remember we are dealing with barbarians.
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No one in Germany laughs at vice, nor do they call it the fashion to corrupt and to be corrupted.
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
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Such being the happiness of the times, that you may think as you wish, and speak as you think.
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Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue.
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The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
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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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Rulers always hate and suspect the next in succession. [Lat., Suspectum semper invisumque dominantibus qui proximus destinaretur.]
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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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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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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