A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
TACITUSFormerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
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Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.
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The sciences throw an inexpressible grace over our compositions, even where they are not immediately concerned; as their effects are discernible where we least expect to find them.
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The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes
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Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
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Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to 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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Neglected, calumny soon expires, show that you are hurt, and you give it the appearance of truth.
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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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