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.
TACITUSThe most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
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They make a desert and call it peace.
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No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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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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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.
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Rumor is not always wrong
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The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
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The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.
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One who is allowed to sin, sins less
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All inconsiderate enterprises are impetuous at first, but soon lanquish. [Lat., Omnia inconsulti impetus coepta, initiis valida, spatio languescunt.]
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Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure.
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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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