In all things there is a kind of law of cycles. [Lat., Rebus cunctis inest quidam velut orbis.]
TACITUSIt is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
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This I regard as history’s highest function, to let no worthy action be uncommemorated, and to hold out the reprobation of posterity as a terror to evil words and deeds.
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again.
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So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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They terrify lest they should fear.
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The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
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People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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Rumor is not always wrong
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