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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.

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Tacitus
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Publius Cornelius Tacitus
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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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None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
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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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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.
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In all things there is a kind of law of cycles. [Lat., Rebus cunctis inest quidam velut orbis.]
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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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The grove is the centre of their whole religion. It is regarded as the cradle of the race and the dwelling-place of the supreme god to whom all things are subject and obedient.
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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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