Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
TACITUSKindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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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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In all things there is a law of cycles.
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Rumor is not always wrong
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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
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Reason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to a leader.
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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 a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue.
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