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Publius Cornelius Tacitus
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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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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
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Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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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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If we must fall, we should boldly meet the danger. [Lat., Si cadere necesse est, occurendum discrimini.]
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So true is it that all transactions of preeminent importance are wrapt in doubt and obscurity while some hold for certain facts the most precarious hearsays, others turn facts into falsehood and both are exaggerated by posterity.
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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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You might believe a good man easily, a great man with pleasure. -Bonum virum facile crederes, magnum libenter
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
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Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
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Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.
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They terrify lest they should fear.
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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Once killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.
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[That form of] eloquence, the foster-child of licence, which fools call liberty. [Lat., Eloquentia, alumna licentiae, quam stulti libertatem vocabant.]
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Reckless adventure is the fool's hazard.
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It is of eloquence as of a flame it requires matter to feed it, and motion to excite it and it brightens as it burns.
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