No one in Germany laughs at vice, nor do they call it the fashion to corrupt and to be corrupted.
TACITUSOld things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
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So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.
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The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
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The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
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The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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They make a desert and call it peace.
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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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Secure against the designs of men, secure against the malignity of the Gods, they have accomplished a thing of infinite difficulty; that to them nothing remains even to be wished.
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