Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure.
TACITUSThe injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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No one in Germany laughs at vice, nor do they call it the fashion to corrupt and to be corrupted.
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Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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The worst hatred is that of relatives.
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So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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More faults are often committed while we are trying to oblige than while we are giving offense.
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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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Valor is the contempt of death and pain.
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