In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
TACITUSSecure against the designs of men, secure against the malignity of the Gods, they have accomplished a thing of infinite difficulty; that to them nothing remains even to be wished.
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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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Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others.
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
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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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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
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Once killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.
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Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
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People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
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Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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