Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
TACITUSThe love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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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 hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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In all things there is a kind of law of cycles. [Lat., Rebus cunctis inest quidam velut orbis.]
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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This I regard as history’s highest function, to let no worthy action be uncommemorated, and to hold out the reprobation of posterity as a terror to evil words and deeds.
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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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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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The love of fame is a love that even the wisest of men are reluctant to forgo.
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Rulers always hate and suspect the next in succession. [Lat., Suspectum semper invisumque dominantibus qui proximus destinaretur.]
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When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
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The sciences throw an inexpressible grace over our compositions, even where they are not immediately concerned; as their effects are discernible where we least expect to find them.
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There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
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Reckless adventure is the fool’s hazard.
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We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
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