Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
TACITUSThe powerful hold in deep remembrance an ill-timed pleasantry. [Lat., Facetiarum apud praepotentes in longum memoria est.]
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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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Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
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Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
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Valor is the contempt of death and pain.
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The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again.
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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
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The principal office of history I take to be this: to prevent virtuous actions from being forgotten, and that evil words and deeds should fear an infamous reputation with posterity.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
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Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
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