Nothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.
TACITUSWe extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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Rulers always hate and suspect the next in succession. [Lat., Suspectum semper invisumque dominantibus qui proximus destinaretur.]
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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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In seasons of tumult and discord bad men have most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness.
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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.
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It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
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Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.
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The sciences throw an inexpressible grace over our compositions, even where they are not immediately concerned; as their effects are discernible where we least expect to find them.
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Flattery labors under the odious charge of servility.
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The persecution of genius fosters its influence.
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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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Rumor is not always wrong
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
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