Politicians neither love nor hate.
We find few historians who have been diligent enough in their search for truth; it is their common method to take on trust what they help distribute to the public; by which means a falsehood once received from a famed writer becomes traditional to posterity.
How easy 'tis, when Destiny proves kind, With full-spread sails to run before the wind!
Trust reposed in noble natures obliges them the more.
Take the good the gods provide thee.
The good we have enjoyed from Heaven's free will, and shall we murmur to endure the ill?