A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad, will work out his ruin.
TACITUSIf you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.
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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it.
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Once killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.
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Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
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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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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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[That form of] eloquence, the foster-child of licence, which fools call liberty. [Lat., Eloquentia, alumna licentiae, quam stulti libertatem vocabant.]
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Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.
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The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
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