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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
Tacitus
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The love of fame is a love that even the wisest of men are reluctant to forgo.
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It is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.
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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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Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue.
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Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
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The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
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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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