The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.
TACITUSCruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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Secure 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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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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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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To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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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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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
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