Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others.
TACITUSWhen the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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They terrify lest they should fear.
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Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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It is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.
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Following Emporer Nero’s command, “Let the Christians be exterminated!:” . . . they [the Christians] were made the subjects of sport; they were covered with the hides of wild beasts and worried to death by dogs, or nailed to crosses or set fire to, and when the day waned, burned to serve for the evening lights.
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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The worst hatred is that of relatives.
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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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