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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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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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Valor is the contempt of death and pain.
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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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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
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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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Who the first inhabitants of Britain were, whether natives or immigrants, remains obscure one must remember we are dealing with barbarians.
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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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Following Emporer Nero's command, Let the Christians be exterminated!: . . . they [the Christians] were made the subjects of sport they were covered with the hides of wild beasts and worried to death by dogs, or nailed to crosses or set fire to, and when the day waned, burned to serve for the evening lights.
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Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
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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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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
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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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