The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
TACITUSMany who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
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Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
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Such being the happiness of the times, that you may think as you wish, and speak as you think.
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Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
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Nothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.
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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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The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others.
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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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Following Emporer Nero’s command, “Let the Christians be exterminated!:” . . . they [the Christians] were made the subjects of sport; they were covered with the hides of wild beasts and worried to death by dogs, or nailed to crosses or set fire to, and when the day waned, burned to serve for the evening lights.
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Secure against the designs of men, secure against the malignity of the Gods, they have accomplished a thing of infinite difficulty; that to them nothing remains even to be wished.
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None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
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