An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
TACITUSWhen men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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It is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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Who the first inhabitants of Britain were, whether natives or immigrants, remains obscure; one must remember we are dealing with barbarians.
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The powerful hold in deep remembrance an ill-timed pleasantry. [Lat., Facetiarum apud praepotentes in longum memoria est.]
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Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
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Conspicuous by his absence.
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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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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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