We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
TACITUSCrime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
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The worst hatred is that of relatives.
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Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair through fear alone. [Lat., Fortes et strenuos etiam contra fortunam insistere, timidos et ignoros ad desperationem formidine properare.]
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Nature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
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He (Tiberius) was wont to mock at the arts of physicians, and at those who, after thirty years of age, needed counsel as to what was good or bad for their bodies.
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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.
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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 more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
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None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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