One who is allowed to sin, sins less
TACITUSWhen the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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It is of eloquence as of a flame; it requires matter to feed it, and motion to excite it; and it brightens as it burns.
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In private enterprises men may advance or recede, whereas they who aim at empire have no alternative between the highest success and utter downfall.
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Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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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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Even honor and virtue make enemies, condemning, as they do, their opposites by too close a contrast.
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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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To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end.
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Neglected, calumny soon expires, show that you are hurt, and you give it the appearance of truth.
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A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
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Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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