Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
TACITUSModest fame is not to be despised by the highest characters. [Lat., Modestiae fama neque summis mortalibus spernenda est.]
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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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A bad peace is even worse than war.
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Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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Nature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
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In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
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Bodies are slow of growth, but are rapid in their dissolution. [Lat., Corpora lente augescent, cito extinguuntur.]
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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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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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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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