In private enterprises men may advance or recede, whereas they who aim at empire have no alternative between the highest success and utter downfall.
TACITUSThe gods are on the side of the stronger.
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Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
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Once killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.
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The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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Reckless adventure is the fool’s hazard.
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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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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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No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
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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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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
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Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
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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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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
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