The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
TACITUSIn all things there is a kind of law of cycles. [Lat., Rebus cunctis inest quidam velut orbis.]
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Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.
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A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
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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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The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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Nature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
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Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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War will of itself discover and lay open the hidden and rankling wounds of the victorious party.
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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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In seasons of tumult and discord bad men have most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness.
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