War will of itself discover and lay open the hidden and rankling wounds of the victorious party.
TACITUSRumor is not always wrong
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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In all things there is a kind of law of cycles. [Lat., Rebus cunctis inest quidam velut orbis.]
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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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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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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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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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Nothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.
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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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One who is allowed to sin, sins less
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Reason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to a leader.
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Experience teaches. [Lat., Experientia docet.]
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It is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
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The persecution of genius fosters its influence.
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All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end.
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