The task of history is to hold out for reprobation every evil word and deed, and to hold out for praise every great and noble word and deed.
TACITUSKeen at the start, but careless at the end.
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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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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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair through fear alone. [Lat., Fortes et strenuos etiam contra fortunam insistere, timidos et ignoros ad desperationem formidine properare.]
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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
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In all things there is a kind of law of cycles. [Lat., Rebus cunctis inest quidam velut orbis.]
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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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They make a desert and call it peace.
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
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The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
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One who is allowed to sin, sins less
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