Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it.
TACITUSReckless adventure is the fool’s hazard.
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
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Valor is the contempt of death and pain.
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Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.
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In seasons of tumult and discord bad men have most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness.
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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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Keen at the start, but careless at the end.
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Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
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Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue.
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Neglected, calumny soon expires, show that you are hurt, and you give it the appearance of truth.
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The worst hatred is that of relatives.
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Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others.
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So obscure are the greatest events, as some take for granted any hearsay, whatever its source, others turn truth into falsehood, and both errors find encouragement with posterity.
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