Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
TACITUSThe word liberty has been falsely used by persons who, being degenerately profligate in private life, and mischievous in public, had no hope left but in fomenting discord.
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The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.
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If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.
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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
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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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The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.
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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
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All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end.
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It is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
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