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Rumor is not always wrong

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Publius Cornelius Tacitus
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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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Flattery labors under the odious charge of servility.
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They terrify lest they should fear.
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Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
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