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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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If we must fall, we should boldly meet the danger. [Lat., Si cadere necesse est, occurendum discrimini.]
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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
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A bad peace is even worse than war.
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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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To abandon your shield is the basest of crimes nor may a man thus disgraced be present at the sacred rites, or enter their council many, indeed, after escaping from battle, have ended their infamy with the halter.
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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Even honor and virtue make enemies, condemning, as they do, their opposites by too close a contrast.
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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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So obscure are the greatest events, as some take for granted any hearsay, whatever its source, others turn truth into falsehood, and both errors find encouragement 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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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
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Reckless adventure is the fool's hazard.
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Bodies are slow of growth, but are rapid in their dissolution. [Lat., Corpora lente augescent, cito extinguuntur.]
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