The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
TACITUSIndeed, 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 rob, to ravage, to murder, in their imposing language, are the arts of civil policy. When they have made the world a solitude, they call it peace.
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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
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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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[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
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The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
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A cowardly populace which will dare nothing beyond talk.
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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.
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More faults are often committed while we are trying to oblige than while we are giving offense.
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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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