The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
TACITUSCassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent.
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Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
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The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
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None grieve so ostentatiously as those who rejoice most in heart. [Lat., Nulla jactantius moerent quam qui maxime laetantur.]
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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent.
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The sciences throw an inexpressible grace over our compositions, even where they are not immediately concerned; as their effects are discernible where we least expect to find them.
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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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A bad peace is even worse than war.
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Forethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader. [Lat., Ratio et consilium, propriae ducis artes.]
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Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
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