Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
TACITUSRumor is not always wrong
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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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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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
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It is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.
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It is of eloquence as of a flame; it requires matter to feed it, and motion to excite it; and it brightens as it burns.
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If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.
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Rumor is not always wrong
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.
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Such being the happiness of the times, that you may think as you wish, and speak as you think.
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The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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