The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
TACITUSChristianity is a pestilent superstition.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.
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The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
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Forethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader. [Lat., Ratio et consilium, propriae ducis artes.]
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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 Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
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An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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They make a desert and call it peace.
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Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure.
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He (Tiberius) was wont to mock at the arts of physicians, and at those who, after thirty years of age, needed counsel as to what was good or bad for their bodies.
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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
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So obscure are the greatest events, as some take for granted any hearsay, whatever its source, others turn truth into falsehood, and both errors find encouragement with posterity.
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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A cowardly populace which will dare nothing beyond talk.
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