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Publius Cornelius Tacitus
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end.
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Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges.
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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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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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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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Rumor is not always wrong
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None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
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This I regard as history's highest function, to let no worthy action be uncommemorated, and to hold out the reprobation of posterity as a terror to evil words and deeds.
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The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast.
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
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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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