They make a desert and call it peace.
TACITUSMore faults are often committed while we are trying to oblige than while we are giving offense.
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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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It is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
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The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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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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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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Conspicuous by his absence.
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Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
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He (Tiberius) was wont to mock at the arts of physicians, and at those who, after thirty years of age, needed counsel as to what was good or bad for their bodies.
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The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.
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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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It is of eloquence as of a flame; it requires matter to feed it, and motion to excite it; and it brightens as it burns.
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Keen at the start, but careless at the end.
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The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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More faults are often committed while we are trying to oblige than while we are giving offense.
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When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
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Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
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The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
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