The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
TACITUSThe 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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Modest fame is not to be despised by the highest characters. [Lat., Modestiae fama neque summis mortalibus spernenda est.]
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The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
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The grove is the centre of their whole religion. It is regarded as the cradle of the race and the dwelling-place of the supreme god to whom all things are subject and obedient.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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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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The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
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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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Even honor and virtue make enemies, condemning, as they do, their opposites by too close a contrast.
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The persecution of genius fosters its influence.
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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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Reckless adventure is the fool’s hazard.
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