In all things there is a kind of law of cycles. [Lat., Rebus cunctis inest quidam velut orbis.]
TACITUSRulers always hate and suspect the next in succession. [Lat., Suspectum semper invisumque dominantibus qui proximus destinaretur.]
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Following Emporer Nero’s command, “Let the Christians be exterminated!:” . . . they [the Christians] were made the subjects of sport; they were covered with the hides of wild beasts and worried to death by dogs, or nailed to crosses or set fire to, and when the day waned, burned to serve for the evening lights.
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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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[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
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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 are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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They make a desert and call it peace.
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People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
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Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.
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A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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A cowardly populace which will dare nothing beyond talk.
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
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Nothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.
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