The most seditious is the most cowardly.
TACITUSFlatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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Rumor is not always wrong
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The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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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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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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To rob, to ravage, to murder, in their imposing language, are the arts of civil policy. When they have made the world a solitude, they call it peace.
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Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
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Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure.
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The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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