Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
TACITUSLust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
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An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
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Bodies are slow of growth, but are rapid in their dissolution. [Lat., Corpora lente augescent, cito extinguuntur.]
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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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The sciences throw an inexpressible grace over our compositions, even where they are not immediately concerned; as their effects are discernible where we least expect to find them.
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