That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
TACITUSPerdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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All inconsiderate enterprises are impetuous at first, but soon lanquish. [Lat., Omnia inconsulti impetus coepta, initiis valida, spatio languescunt.]
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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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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.
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We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
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They make a desert and call it peace.
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Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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