Benefits received are a delight to us as long as we think we can requite them; when that possibility is far exceeded, they are repaid with hatred instead of gratitude.
TACITUSA desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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Solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant. They make a wilderness and they call it peace.
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.
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Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
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Valor is the contempt of death and pain.
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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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In seasons of tumult and discord bad men have most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness.
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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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A cowardly populace which will dare nothing beyond talk.
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Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.
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To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.
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