The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
TACITUSHe that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again.
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The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
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It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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It is found by experience that admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin in the misdeeds of others.
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
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To rob, to ravage, to murder, in their imposing language, are the arts of civil policy. When they have made the world a solitude, they call it peace.
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The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes
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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.
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