Once killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.
TACITUSWho the first inhabitants of Britain were, whether natives or immigrants, remains obscure; one must remember we are dealing with barbarians.
More Tacitus Quotes
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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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A cowardly populace which will dare nothing beyond talk.
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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In valor there is hope.
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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.
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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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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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It is of eloquence as of a flame; it requires matter to feed it, and motion to excite it; and it brightens as it burns.
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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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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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The worst hatred is that of relatives.
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The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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