Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
TACITUSOnce killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.
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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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Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
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The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
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Keen at the start, but careless at the end.
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If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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A cowardly populace which will dare nothing beyond talk.
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Flattery labors under the odious charge of servility.
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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
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Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
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Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
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The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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Secure against the designs of men, secure against the malignity of the Gods, they have accomplished a thing of infinite difficulty; that to them nothing remains even to be wished.
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