Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
TACITUSExperience teaches. [Lat., Experientia docet.]
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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
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Forethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader. [Lat., Ratio et consilium, propriae ducis artes.]
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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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Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
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In seasons of tumult and discord bad men have most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness.
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it.
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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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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
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Rulers always hate and suspect the next in succession. [Lat., Suspectum semper invisumque dominantibus qui proximus destinaretur.]
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Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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