Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
TACITUSOne who is allowed to sin, sins less
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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All inconsiderate enterprises are impetuous at first, but soon lanquish. [Lat., Omnia inconsulti impetus coepta, initiis valida, spatio languescunt.]
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The grove is the centre of their whole religion. It is regarded as the cradle of the race and the dwelling-place of the supreme god to whom all things are subject and obedient.
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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
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Reason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to a leader.
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In all things there is a kind of law of cycles. [Lat., Rebus cunctis inest quidam velut orbis.]
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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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Forethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader. [Lat., Ratio et consilium, propriae ducis artes.]
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The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.
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A cowardly populace which will dare nothing beyond talk.
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