All inconsiderate enterprises are impetuous at first, but soon lanquish. [Lat., Omnia inconsulti impetus coepta, initiis valida, spatio languescunt.]
TACITUSSo as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
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Flattery labors under the odious charge of servility.
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We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
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Reason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to a leader.
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
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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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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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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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To rob, to ravage, to murder, in their imposing language, are the arts of civil policy. When they have made the world a solitude, they call it peace.
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