Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
TACITUSBodies are slow of growth, but are rapid in their dissolution. [Lat., Corpora lente augescent, cito extinguuntur.]
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The persecution of genius fosters its influence.
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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
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To rob, to ravage, to murder, in their imposing language, are the arts of civil policy. When they have made the world a solitude, they call it peace.
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast.
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The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
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The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
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Experience teaches. [Lat., Experientia docet.]
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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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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Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it.
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