Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.
TACITUSIn a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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Whatever is unknown is magnified.
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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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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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue.
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Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
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Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
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Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent.
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All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end.
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In valor there is hope.
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