When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
TACITUSThe love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
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The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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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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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
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They terrify lest they should fear.
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Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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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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No one in Germany laughs at vice, nor do they call it the fashion to corrupt and to be corrupted.
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In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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Forethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader. [Lat., Ratio et consilium, propriae ducis artes.]
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