None grieve so ostentatiously as those who rejoice most in heart. [Lat., Nulla jactantius moerent quam qui maxime laetantur.]
TACITUSZealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
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In all things there is a kind of law of cycles. [Lat., Rebus cunctis inest quidam velut orbis.]
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The 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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Whatever is unknown is magnified.
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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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They terrify lest they should fear.
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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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The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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Once killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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The word liberty has been falsely used by persons who, being degenerately profligate in private life, and mischievous in public, had no hope left but in fomenting discord.
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We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
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