truisms

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Wed 3 January 2007 8:03 am

It is only necessary to make war with five things:
1) with the maladies of the body,
2) with the ignorances of the mind,
3) with the passions of the body,
4) with the seditions of the city,
5) with the discords of families.

Tacitus

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Wed 3 January 2007 8:04 am

Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
Tacitus

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Wed 3 January 2007 8:05 am

Things forbidden have a secret charm.
Tacitus

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Wed 3 January 2007 8:06 am

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

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Wed 3 January 2007 8:07 am

Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
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Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Wed 3 January 2007 8:08 am

When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Wed 3 January 2007 8:14 am

All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to do what they do not want to do.
Leo Tolstoy