Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
TACITUSMen are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure.
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The grove is the centre of their whole religion. It is regarded as the cradle of the race and the dwelling-place of the supreme god to whom all things are subject and obedient.
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Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.
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Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue.
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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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The task of history is to hold out for reprobation every evil word and deed, and to hold out for praise every great and noble word and deed.
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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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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 word liberty has been falsely used by persons who, being degenerately profligate in private life, and mischievous in public, had no hope left but in fomenting discord.
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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
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