Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
TACITUSPower acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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Valor is the contempt of death and pain.
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In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
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People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
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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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Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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No one in Germany laughs at vice, nor do they call it the fashion to corrupt and to be corrupted.
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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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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Modest fame is not to be despised by the highest characters. [Lat., Modestiae fama neque summis mortalibus spernenda est.]
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The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast.
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