Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
TACITUSIn private enterprises men may advance or recede, whereas they who aim at empire have no alternative between the highest success and utter downfall.
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The worst hatred is that of relatives.
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Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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The word liberty has been falsely used by persons who, being degenerately profligate in private life, and mischievous in public, had no hope left but in fomenting discord.
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A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad, will work out his ruin.
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Such being the happiness of the times, that you may think as you wish, and speak as you think.
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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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Solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant. They make a wilderness and they call it peace.
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Keen at the start, but careless at the end.
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