All inconsiderate enterprises are impetuous at first, but soon lanquish. [Lat., Omnia inconsulti impetus coepta, initiis valida, spatio languescunt.]
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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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All inconsiderate enterprises are impetuous at first, but soon lanquish. [Lat., Omnia inconsulti impetus coepta, initiis valida, spatio languescunt.]
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To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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He (Tiberius) was wont to mock at the arts of physicians, and at those who, after thirty years of age, needed counsel as to what was good or bad for their bodies.
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In all things there is a law of cycles.
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The worst hatred is that of relatives.
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Once killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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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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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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This I regard as history’s highest function, to let no worthy action be uncommemorated, and to hold out the reprobation of posterity as a terror to evil words and deeds.
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