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.
TACITUSFormerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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The powerful hold in deep remembrance an ill-timed pleasantry. [Lat., Facetiarum apud praepotentes in longum memoria est.]
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
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The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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It is of eloquence as of a flame; it requires matter to feed it, and motion to excite it; and it brightens as it burns.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.
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No one in Germany laughs at vice, nor do they call it the fashion to corrupt and to be corrupted.
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Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.
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When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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One who is allowed to sin, sins less
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Such being the happiness of the times, that you may think as you wish, and speak as you think.
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Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
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