The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
TACITUSLiberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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A cowardly populace which will dare nothing beyond talk.
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The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
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Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
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Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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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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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent.
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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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It is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.
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