Roman - Historian | 55 - 120
It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
Tacitus
BearDifficultPleasureMisfortunes
Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
LeaderBusinessJudgmentReason
It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
NatureHateHuman NatureYouHuman
Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
NeverUniteAgreementVictor
Love of fame is the last thing even learned men can bear to be parted from.
LoveMenFameBearLastEven
When the state is most corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
CorruptLawsMostStateThen
Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
CharacterBestAppreciatedNoble
Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it.
YourselfThoughtDieYouWillAbuse
Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
PowerHateAlwaysNextSupremeHeir
In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
CorruptionWhereLawsMustState
All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end.
GreatEndFirstIn The EndMaySure
Prosperity is the measure or touchstone of virtue, for it is less difficult to bear misfortune than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
MeasureProsperityVirtueDifficult
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