Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
TACITUSCorruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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Reckless adventure is the fool’s hazard.
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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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One who is allowed to sin, sins less
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Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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In valor there is hope.
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Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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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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[That form of] eloquence, the foster-child of licence, which fools call liberty. [Lat., Eloquentia, alumna licentiae, quam stulti libertatem vocabant.]
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A bad peace is even worse than war.
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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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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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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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