In seasons of tumult and discord bad men have most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness.
TACITUSCrime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
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It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
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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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The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
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Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
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None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.
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The 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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Even honor and virtue make enemies, condemning, as they do, their opposites by too close a contrast.
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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it.
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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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