The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
TACITUSAdversity deprives us of our judgment.
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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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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
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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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Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure.
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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast.
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Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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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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