In valor there is hope.
TACITUSThe lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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Solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant. They make a wilderness and they call it peace.
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Conspicuous by his absence.
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Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
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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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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
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In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.
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Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
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A cowardly populace which will dare nothing beyond talk.
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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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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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Even honor and virtue make enemies, condemning, as they do, their opposites by too close a contrast.
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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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