A bad peace is even worse than war.
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Love of fame is the last thing even learned men can bear to be parted from.Tacitus
We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
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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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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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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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No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
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