When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
TACITUSThe injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
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Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
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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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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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Whatever is unknown is magnified.
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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[That form of] eloquence, the foster-child of licence, which fools call liberty. [Lat., Eloquentia, alumna licentiae, quam stulti libertatem vocabant.]
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Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.
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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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