In private enterprises men may advance or recede, whereas they who aim at empire have no alternative between the highest success and utter downfall.
TACITUSGreater things are believed of those who are absent.
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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.
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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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In valor there is hope.
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Conspicuous by his absence.
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Who the first inhabitants of Britain were, whether natives or immigrants, remains obscure; one must remember we are dealing with barbarians.
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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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Nothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.
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Whatever is unknown is magnified.
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Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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Nature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
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The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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None grieve so ostentatiously as those who rejoice most in heart. [Lat., Nulla jactantius moerent quam qui maxime laetantur.]
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