I am my nearest neighbour.
TACITUSBe assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.
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The sciences throw an inexpressible grace over our compositions, even where they are not immediately concerned; as their effects are discernible where we least expect to find them.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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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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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
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All those things that are now field to be of the greatest antiquity were at one time new; what we to-day hold up by example will rank hereafter as precedent.
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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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