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Love of fame is the last thing even learned men can bear to be parted from.

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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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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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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.

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In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.

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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.

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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.

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Nationality: Roman

Type: Historian

Born: Unknown

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