To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
TACITUSAll things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.
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Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.
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In valor there is hope.
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Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
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Rumor is not always wrong
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The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
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None grieve so ostentatiously as those who rejoice most in heart. [Lat., Nulla jactantius moerent quam qui maxime laetantur.]
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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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