Forethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader. [Lat., Ratio et consilium, propriae ducis artes.]
TACITUSValor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.
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Such being the happiness of the times, that you may think as you wish, and speak as you think.
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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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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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Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
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It is of eloquence as of a flame; it requires matter to feed it, and motion to excite it; and it brightens as it burns.
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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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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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It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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Whatever is unknown is magnified.
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It is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
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All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end.
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