The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
TACITUSIt 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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This I regard as history’s highest function, to let no worthy action be uncommemorated, and to hold out the reprobation of posterity as a terror to evil words and deeds.
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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair through fear alone. [Lat., Fortes et strenuos etiam contra fortunam insistere, timidos et ignoros ad desperationem formidine properare.]
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The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.
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The grove is the centre of their whole religion. It is regarded as the cradle of the race and the dwelling-place of the supreme god to whom all things are subject and obedient.
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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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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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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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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it.
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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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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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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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