There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
TACITUSTo plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.
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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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More faults are often committed while we are trying to oblige than while we are giving offense.
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So obscure are the greatest events, as some take for granted any hearsay, whatever its source, others turn truth into falsehood, and both errors find encouragement with posterity.
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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
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Experience teaches. [Lat., Experientia docet.]
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Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
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Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
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The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
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Forethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader. [Lat., Ratio et consilium, propriae ducis artes.]
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