There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
TACITUSNature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
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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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A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad, will work out his ruin.
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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The worst hatred is that of relatives.
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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
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Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
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None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
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All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end.
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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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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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Nothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.
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