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If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.
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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
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They terrify lest they should fear.
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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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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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
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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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Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
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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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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges.
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Tacitus has written an entire work on the manners of the Germans. This work is short, but it comes from the pen of Tacitus, who was always concise, because he saw everything at a glance.
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You might believe a good man easily, a great man with pleasure. -Bonum virum facile crederes, magnum libenter
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
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An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life. [Lat., Honesta mors turpi vita potior.]
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We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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