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If we must fall, we should boldly meet the danger. [Lat., Si cadere necesse est, occurendum discrimini.]
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Rumor is not always wrong
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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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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There was more courage in bearing trouble than in escaping from it the brave and the energetic cling to hope, even in spite of fortune the cowardly and the indolent are hurried by their fears,' said Plotius Firmus, Roman Praetorian Guard.
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
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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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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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Our magistrates discharge their duties best at the beginning and fall off toward the end. [Lat., Initia magistratuum nostrorum meliora, ferme finis inclinat.]
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Rumor does not always err it sometimes even elects a man.
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The principal office of history I take to be this: to prevent virtuous actions from being forgotten, and that evil words and deeds should fear an infamous reputation with posterity.
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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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Once killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.
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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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The powerful hold in deep remembrance an ill-timed pleasantry. [Lat., Facetiarum apud praepotentes in longum memoria est.]
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