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.
TACITUSEverything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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One who is allowed to sin, sins less
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An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
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Following Emporer Nero’s command, “Let the Christians be exterminated!:” . . . they [the Christians] were made the subjects of sport; they were covered with the hides of wild beasts and worried to death by dogs, or nailed to crosses or set fire to, and when the day waned, burned to serve for the evening lights.
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Once killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.
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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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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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Forethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader. [Lat., Ratio et consilium, propriae ducis artes.]
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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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