Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
TACITUSBy punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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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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Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
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Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
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Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
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When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
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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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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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In private enterprises men may advance or recede, whereas they who aim at empire have no alternative between the highest success and utter downfall.
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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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