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• Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.

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  Fear, Perfect, Doe

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• The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.

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  Courage, Fear, Bravery

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• Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies.
  [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]

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  Enemy, Flattery, Kind

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• I am my nearest neighbour.

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  Neighbour

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• So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.

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  Memorial Day, Peace, War

  "Agricola". Book by Tacitus, transl. by G. J. Acheson, chapter 4, paragraph 22, final sentence, p. 72, 1938.

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• A cowardly populace which will dare nothing beyond talk.
  [Lat., Vulgus ignavum et nihil ultra verba ausurum.]

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  Ultras, Dare, Cowardly

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• 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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  Abuse, Criticism, Irritated

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• The hatred of relatives is the most violent.

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  Family, Hatred, Society

  "Annales". Book by Tacitus, IV. 70,

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• Benefits received are a delight to us as long as we think we can requite them; when that possibility is far exceeded, they are repaid with hatred instead of gratitude.

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  Gratitude, Thinking, Long

  Tacitus (2007). “The Annals & The Histories”, p.132, Modern Library

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• Rumor is not always wrong

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  Rumor, Always Wrong

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• The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.

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  Wise, Men, Lust

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• To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.

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  May, Resentment, Shows

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• Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.

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  Support, Stronger

  Histories, bk.4, ch.17.

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• Whatever is unknown is magnified.

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• The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.

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  Wicked, Purpose, Easier

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• The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.

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  Race, Enemy, Flatterer

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• In all things there is a law of cycles.

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  Law, All Things, Cycles

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• In seasons of tumult and discord bad men have most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness.

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  Men, Excellence, Moral

  "Annales". Book by Tacitus, IV. 1,

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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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  Fall, Hands, Coward

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• Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.

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  Generosity, Ruins, Moderation

  "Quote Junkie: Greek and Roman : An Interesting Collection of Quotes from the Greatest Greek and Roman Philosophers and Leaders". Book edited by the Hagopian Institute, p. 62, 2008.

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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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  Best Friend, Worst Enemy, History

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• Posterity will pay everyone their due.

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  Time, Past, Pay

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• A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad, will work out his ruin.

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  Men, Work Out, Ruins

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• All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.

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  Growth, Decay, Body

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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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  Running, Fighting, Battle

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