The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
TACITUSVictor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
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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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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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He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again.
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Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
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So obscure are the greatest events, as some take for granted any hearsay, whatever its source, others turn truth into falsehood, and both errors find encouragement with posterity.
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It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
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Even honor and virtue make enemies, condemning, as they do, their opposites by too close a contrast.
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
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In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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