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.
TACITUSThey make a desert and call it peace.
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Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent.
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The worst hatred is that of relatives.
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
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No one in Germany laughs at vice, nor do they call it the fashion to corrupt and to be corrupted.
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.
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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast.
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Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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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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