We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
TACITUSWhen a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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[That form of] eloquence, the foster-child of licence, which fools call liberty. [Lat., Eloquentia, alumna licentiae, quam stulti libertatem vocabant.]
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No one in Germany laughs at vice, nor do they call it the fashion to corrupt and to be corrupted.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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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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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
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Reckless adventure is the fool’s hazard.
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The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
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The persecution of genius fosters its influence.
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