Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
TACITUSHe (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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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
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The persecution of genius fosters its influence.
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Conspicuous by his absence.
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
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The worst hatred is that of relatives.
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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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Even honor and virtue make enemies, condemning, as they do, their opposites by too close a contrast.
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Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.
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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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