A bad peace is even worse than war.
TACITUSThe 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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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair through fear alone. [Lat., Fortes et strenuos etiam contra fortunam insistere, timidos et ignoros ad desperationem formidine properare.]
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The principal office of history I take to be this: to prevent virtuous actions from being forgotten, and that evil words and deeds should fear an infamous reputation with posterity.
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A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad, will work out his ruin.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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It is of eloquence as of a flame; it requires matter to feed it, and motion to excite it; and it brightens as it burns.
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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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It is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
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Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
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An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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The sciences throw an inexpressible grace over our compositions, even where they are not immediately concerned; as their effects are discernible where we least expect to find them.
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So obscure are the greatest events, as some take for granted any hearsay, whatever its source, others turn truth into falsehood, and both errors find encouragement with posterity.
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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others.
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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
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