Solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant. They make a wilderness and they call it peace.
TACITUSThe love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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Bodies are slow of growth, but are rapid in their dissolution. [Lat., Corpora lente augescent, cito extinguuntur.]
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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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Once killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.
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Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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The persecution of genius fosters its influence.
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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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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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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
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The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.
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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.
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Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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