Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
TACITUSSeek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.
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It is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
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Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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More faults are often committed while we are trying to oblige than while we are giving offense.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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Secure against the designs of men, secure against the malignity of the Gods, they have accomplished a thing of infinite difficulty; that to them nothing remains even to be wished.
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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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Benefits received are a delight to us as long as we think we can requite them; when that possibility is far exceeded, they are repaid with hatred instead of gratitude.
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In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.
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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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All inconsiderate enterprises are impetuous at first, but soon lanquish. [Lat., Omnia inconsulti impetus coepta, initiis valida, spatio languescunt.]
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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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