The word liberty has been falsely used by persons who, being degenerately profligate in private life, and mischievous in public, had no hope left but in fomenting discord.
TACITUSNone make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
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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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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.
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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
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A bad peace is even worse than war.
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The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
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A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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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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Such being the happiness of the times, that you may think as you wish, and speak as you think.
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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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The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
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The grove is the centre of their whole religion. It is regarded as the cradle of the race and the dwelling-place of the supreme god to whom all things are subject and obedient.
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