Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
TACITUSThe 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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The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast.
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None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
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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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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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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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A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
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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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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
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The worst hatred is that of relatives.
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Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue.
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Bodies are slow of growth, but are rapid in their dissolution. [Lat., Corpora lente augescent, cito extinguuntur.]
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
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Forethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader. [Lat., Ratio et consilium, propriae ducis artes.]
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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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He (Tiberius) was wont to mock at the arts of physicians, and at those who, after thirty years of age, needed counsel as to what was good or bad for their bodies.
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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In all things there is a law of cycles.
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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The powerful hold in deep remembrance an ill-timed pleasantry. [Lat., Facetiarum apud praepotentes in longum memoria est.]
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