Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
TACITUSThe repose of nations cannot be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes
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Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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Valor is the contempt of death and pain.
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Reason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to a leader.
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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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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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Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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To rob, to ravage, to murder, in their imposing language, are the arts of civil policy. When they have made the world a solitude, they call it peace.
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes
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Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure.
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