The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
TACITUSSuch being the happiness of the times, that you may think as you wish, and speak as you think.
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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
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It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
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A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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They make a desert and call it peace.
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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.
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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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Rulers always hate and suspect the next in succession. [Lat., Suspectum semper invisumque dominantibus qui proximus destinaretur.]
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.
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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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Nothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.
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In private enterprises men may advance or recede, whereas they who aim at empire have no alternative between the highest success and utter downfall.
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