The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes
TACITUSWhen men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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[That form of] eloquence, the foster-child of licence, which fools call liberty. [Lat., Eloquentia, alumna licentiae, quam stulti libertatem vocabant.]
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Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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Once killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.
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They terrify lest they should fear.
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
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The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
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Solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant. They make a wilderness and they call it peace.
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end.
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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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