In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
TACITUSModest fame is not to be despised by the highest characters. [Lat., Modestiae fama neque summis mortalibus spernenda est.]
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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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Once killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.
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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast.
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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Such being the happiness of the times, that you may think as you wish, and speak as you think.
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Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
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Flattery labors under the odious charge of servility.
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Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.
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