Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
TACITUSFormerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
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Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
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Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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This I regard as history’s highest function, to let no worthy action be uncommemorated, and to hold out the reprobation of posterity as a terror to evil words and deeds.
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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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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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Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.
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In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.
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The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.
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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
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The persecution of genius fosters its influence.
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