Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.
TACITUSWe extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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It is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
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The love of fame is a love that even the wisest of men are reluctant to forgo.
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The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.
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In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.
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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
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Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
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Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it.
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Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others.
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Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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Benefits received are a delight to us as long as we think we can requite them; when that possibility is far exceeded, they are repaid with hatred instead of gratitude.
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