Benefits received are a delight to us as long as we think we can requite them; when that possibility is far exceeded, they are repaid with hatred instead of gratitude.
TACITUSEven for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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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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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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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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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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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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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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Who the first inhabitants of Britain were, whether natives or immigrants, remains obscure; one must remember we are dealing with barbarians.
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All those things that are now field to be of the greatest antiquity were at one time new; what we to-day hold up by example will rank hereafter as precedent.
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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
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