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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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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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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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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast.
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It is found by experience that admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin in the misdeeds of others.
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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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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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No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
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Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
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Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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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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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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