[That form of] eloquence, the foster-child of licence, which fools call liberty. [Lat., Eloquentia, alumna licentiae, quam stulti libertatem vocabant.]
TACITUSIn a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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Benefits received are a delight to us as long as we think we can requite them; when that possibility is far exceeded, they are repaid with hatred instead of gratitude.
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A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad, will work out his ruin.
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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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The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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Who the first inhabitants of Britain were, whether natives or immigrants, remains obscure; one must remember we are dealing with barbarians.
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The task of history is to hold out for reprobation every evil word and deed, and to hold out for praise every great and noble word and deed.
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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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Nature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
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People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
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In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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It is of eloquence as of a flame; it requires matter to feed it, and motion to excite it; and it brightens as it burns.
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They terrify lest they should fear.
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This I regard as history’s highest function, to let no worthy action be uncommemorated, and to hold out the reprobation of posterity as a terror to evil words and deeds.
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There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
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