Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.
TACITUSIt is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.
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The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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In valor there is hope.
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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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 bad peace is even worse than war.
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Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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