The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
TACITUSThe lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast.
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This I regard as history’s highest function, to let no worthy action be uncommemorated, and to hold out the reprobation of posterity as a terror to evil words and deeds.
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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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Once killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.
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Reckless adventure is the fool’s hazard.
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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
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It is found by experience that admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin in the misdeeds of others.
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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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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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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He (Tiberius) was wont to mock at the arts of physicians, and at those who, after thirty years of age, needed counsel as to what was good or bad for their bodies.
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