The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.
TACITUSBodies are slow of growth, but are rapid in their dissolution. [Lat., Corpora lente augescent, cito extinguuntur.]
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Who the first inhabitants of Britain were, whether natives or immigrants, remains obscure; one must remember we are dealing with barbarians.
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All those things that are now field to be of the greatest antiquity were at one time new; what we to-day hold up by example will rank hereafter as precedent.
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It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
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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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Such being the happiness of the times, that you may think as you wish, and speak as you think.
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Neglected, calumny soon expires, show that you are hurt, and you give it the appearance of truth.
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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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Nature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
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It is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.
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It is found by experience that admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin in the misdeeds of others.
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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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The powerful hold in deep remembrance an ill-timed pleasantry. [Lat., Facetiarum apud praepotentes in longum memoria est.]
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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
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