In seasons of tumult and discord bad men have most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness.
TACITUSIt is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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Conspicuous by his absence.
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Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
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People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
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Solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant. They make a wilderness and they call it peace.
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We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
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This I regard as history’s highest function, to let no worthy action be uncommemorated, and to hold out the reprobation of posterity as a terror to evil words and deeds.
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
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He (Tiberius) was wont to mock at the arts of physicians, and at those who, after thirty years of age, needed counsel as to what was good or bad for their bodies.
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So obscure are the greatest events, as some take for granted any hearsay, whatever its source, others turn truth into falsehood, and both errors find encouragement with posterity.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.
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None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
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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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