Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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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The grove is the centre of their whole religion. It is regarded as the cradle of the race and the dwelling-place of the supreme god to whom all things are subject and obedient.
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Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
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Even honor and virtue make enemies, condemning, as they do, their opposites by too close a contrast.
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People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
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The principal office of history I take to be this: to prevent virtuous actions from being forgotten, and that evil words and deeds should fear an infamous reputation with posterity.
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.
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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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The word liberty has been falsely used by persons who, being degenerately profligate in private life, and mischievous in public, had no hope left but in fomenting discord.
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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