Solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant. They make a wilderness and they call it peace.
TACITUSNothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.
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Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
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The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast.
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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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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It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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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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A bad peace is even worse than war.
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People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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