Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
TACITUSRulers always hate and suspect the next in succession. [Lat., Suspectum semper invisumque dominantibus qui proximus destinaretur.]
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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The worst hatred is that of relatives.
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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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Solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant. They make a wilderness and they call it peace.
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No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
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Once killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.
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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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Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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The task of history is to hold out for reprobation every evil word and deed, and to hold out for praise every great and noble word and deed.
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Flattery labors under the odious charge of servility.
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The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
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Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
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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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