[That form of] eloquence, the foster-child of licence, which fools call liberty. [Lat., Eloquentia, alumna licentiae, quam stulti libertatem vocabant.]
TACITUSThe lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast.
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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
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The principal office of history I take to be this: to prevent virtuous actions from being forgotten, and that evil words and deeds should fear an infamous reputation with posterity.
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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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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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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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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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Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others.
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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It is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
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Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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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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