Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
TACITUSNo one in Germany laughs at vice, nor do they call it the fashion to corrupt and to be corrupted.
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Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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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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Once killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.
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Valor is the contempt of death and pain.
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Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
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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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None grieve so ostentatiously as those who rejoice most in heart. [Lat., Nulla jactantius moerent quam qui maxime laetantur.]
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It is found by experience that admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin in the misdeeds of others.
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A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad, will work out his ruin.
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
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A bad peace is even worse than war.
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
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