Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
TACITUS
The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
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War will of itself discover and lay open the hidden and rankling wounds of the victorious party.
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The love of fame is a love that even the wisest of men are reluctant to forgo.
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In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.
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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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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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