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

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  Growth, Decay, Body

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• A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.

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  Inspirational, Blessing, Reality

  Cornelius Tacitus (1964). “The histories”

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• Great empires are not maintained by timidity.

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  Rome, Empires, Great Empires

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• Posterity will pay everyone their due.

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  Time, Past, Pay

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• Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.

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  Compassion, Tears, Politics

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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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  Struggle, Adversity, Affluence

  Tacitus (2016). “Strategy Six Pack 4”, p.357, Enhanced Media Publishing

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• Once killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.

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  Lines, Killing, Difficult

  "Histories". Book by Tacitus. Book I, 39,

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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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• 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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• 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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• They terrify lest they should fear.

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  Should

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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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• In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.

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  Struggle, Power, Politics

  "Annales". Book by Tacitus, II. 74,

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

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  Enemy, Flattery, Kind

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.

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  Fear, Men, Feelings

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 267-70, Annales, XV. 59, 1922.

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• More faults are often committed while we are trying to oblige than while we are giving offense.

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  Giving, Trying, Faults

  Tacitus (2007). “The Annals & The Histories”, p.317, Modern Library

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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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• I am my nearest neighbour.

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  Neighbour

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