Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
TACITUSThe worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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Nature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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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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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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Flattery labors under the odious charge of servility.
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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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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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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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In all things there is a law of cycles.
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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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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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A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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