When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
TACITUSRulers always hate and suspect the next in succession. [Lat., Suspectum semper invisumque dominantibus qui proximus destinaretur.]
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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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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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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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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.
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Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure.
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Once killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.
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Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
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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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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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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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He (Tiberius) was wont to mock at the arts of physicians, and at those who, after thirty years of age, needed counsel as to what was good or bad for their bodies.
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We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
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In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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