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"Greater things are believed of those who are absent."
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"Custom adapts itself to expediency."
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"The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign."
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"The hatred of relatives is the most violent."
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"Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors."
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"Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor."
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"Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood."
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"It is a weakness of your human nature to hate those whom you have wronged."
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"All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay."
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"Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir."
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"In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous."
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"The more corrupt the state, the more laws."
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"Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader."
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"No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor."
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"It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure."
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"Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin."
Tacitus, Publius Cornelius on Moderation
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"When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing."
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"Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so."
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"Posterity will pay everyone their due."
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"They make a wilderness and call it peace."
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"Posterity gives every man his true value."
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"Forbidden things have a secret charm."
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"The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise."
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"So, as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants."
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"Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop."
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"Things forbidden have a secret charm."
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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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"All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome."
Tacitus, Publius Cornelius on Cities and City Life
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"If we must fall, we should boldly meet the danger."
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"In all things there is a law of cycles."
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