Bodies are slow of growth, but are rapid in their dissolution. [Lat., Corpora lente augescent, cito extinguuntur.]
TACITUSIn valor there is hope.
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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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There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
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An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
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In valor there is hope.
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The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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Conspicuous by his absence.
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Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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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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Rulers always hate and suspect the next in succession. [Lat., Suspectum semper invisumque dominantibus qui proximus destinaretur.]
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Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent.
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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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