All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
TACITUSThe love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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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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A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
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People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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A bad peace is even worse than war.
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In private enterprises men may advance or recede, whereas they who aim at empire have no alternative between the highest success and utter downfall.
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Valor is the contempt of death and pain.
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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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Modest fame is not to be despised by the highest characters. [Lat., Modestiae fama neque summis mortalibus spernenda est.]
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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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Reason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to a leader.
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