The persecution of genius fosters its influence.
TACITUSCruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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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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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
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The word liberty has been falsely used by persons who, being degenerately profligate in private life, and mischievous in public, had no hope left but in fomenting discord.
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The task of history is to hold out for reprobation every evil word and deed, and to hold out for praise every great and noble word and deed.
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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
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The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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War will of itself discover and lay open the hidden and rankling wounds of the victorious party.
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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Rumor is not always wrong
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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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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