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Rumor is not always wrong

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Publius Cornelius Tacitus
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose. [Lat., Imperium flagitio acquisitum nemo unquam bonis artibus exercuit.]
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Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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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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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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Forethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader. [Lat., Ratio et consilium, propriae ducis artes.]
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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.
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