Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
TACITUSIt is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
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None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
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Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
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When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end.
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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The powerful hold in deep remembrance an ill-timed pleasantry. [Lat., Facetiarum apud praepotentes in longum memoria est.]
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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