All inconsiderate enterprises are impetuous at first, but soon lanquish. [Lat., Omnia inconsulti impetus coepta, initiis valida, spatio languescunt.]
TACITUSNo one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
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Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
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It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
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People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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A bad peace is even worse than war.
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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.
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In valor there is hope.
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Conspicuous by his absence.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
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It is of eloquence as of a flame; it requires matter to feed it, and motion to excite it; and it brightens as it burns.
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None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
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All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end.
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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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In all things there is a kind of law of cycles. [Lat., Rebus cunctis inest quidam velut orbis.]
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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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