The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
TACITUSConspicuous by his absence.
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The persecution of genius fosters its influence.
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The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
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Neglected, calumny soon expires, show that you are hurt, and you give it the appearance of truth.
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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The principal office of history I take to be this: to prevent virtuous actions from being forgotten, and that evil words and deeds should fear an infamous reputation with posterity.
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An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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Conspicuous by his absence.
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Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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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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Experience teaches. [Lat., Experientia docet.]
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Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
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Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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War will of itself discover and lay open the hidden and rankling wounds of the victorious party.
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They terrify lest they should fear.
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Benefits received are a delight to us as long as we think we can requite them; when that possibility is far exceeded, they are repaid with hatred instead of gratitude.
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It is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.
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The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
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Following Emporer Nero’s command, “Let the Christians be exterminated!:” . . . they [the Christians] were made the subjects of sport; they were covered with the hides of wild beasts and worried to death by dogs, or nailed to crosses or set fire to, and when the day waned, burned to serve for the evening lights.
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Solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant. They make a wilderness and they call it peace.
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To rob, to ravage, to murder, in their imposing language, are the arts of civil policy. When they have made the world a solitude, they call it peace.
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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