All those things that are now field to be of the greatest antiquity were at one time new; what we to-day hold up by example will rank hereafter as precedent.
TACITUSThe love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
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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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When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
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The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
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Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.
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The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
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The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
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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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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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Rumor is not always wrong
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The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
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Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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