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" The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise. "
Tacitus
Great
Against
Noble
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" To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it. "
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" Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement. "
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" Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor. "
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" Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin. "
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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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" Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable. "
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" No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor. "
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Been
" Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it. "
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" Prosperity is the measure or touchstone of virtue, for it is less difficult to bear misfortune than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure. "
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" To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace. "
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" When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing. "
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" He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again. "
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Rise
Never
" Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards. "
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Hands
Service
Rules
" In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous. "
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Must
Very
" It is always easier to requite an injury than a service: gratitude is a burden, but revenge is found to pay. "
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Pay
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" A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man. "
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Resist
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Than
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Habit
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