Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
TACITUSWhen men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.
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If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.
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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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In valor there is hope.
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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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Flattery labors under the odious charge of servility.
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
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Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
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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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The word liberty has been falsely used by persons who, being degenerately profligate in private life, and mischievous in public, had no hope left but in fomenting discord.
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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Reckless adventure is the fool’s hazard.
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