The love of fame is a love that even the wisest of men are reluctant to forgo.
TACITUSIt 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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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad, will work out his ruin.
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The task of history is to hold out for reprobation every evil word and deed, and to hold out for praise every great and noble word and deed.
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Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.
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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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Valor is the contempt of death and pain.
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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More faults are often committed while we are trying to oblige than while we are giving offense.
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.
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The worst hatred is that of relatives.
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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