The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
TACITUSThey make solitude, which they call peace.
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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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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 injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
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Flattery labors under the odious charge of servility.
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There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
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It is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.
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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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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.
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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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So obscure are the greatest events, as some take for granted any hearsay, whatever its source, others turn truth into falsehood, and both errors find encouragement with posterity.
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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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