A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
TACITUSWhen men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
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Rulers always hate and suspect the next in succession. [Lat., Suspectum semper invisumque dominantibus qui proximus destinaretur.]
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair through fear alone. [Lat., Fortes et strenuos etiam contra fortunam insistere, timidos et ignoros ad desperationem formidine properare.]
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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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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad, will work out his ruin.
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