If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
TACITUSIt is found by experience that admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin in the misdeeds of others.
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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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Reason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to a leader.
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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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Secure against the designs of men, secure against the malignity of the Gods, they have accomplished a thing of infinite difficulty; that to them nothing remains even to be wished.
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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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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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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Nature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
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Benefits received are a delight to us as long as we think we can requite them; when that possibility is far exceeded, they are repaid with hatred instead of gratitude.
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The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
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