They make a desert and call it peace.
TACITUSWho the first inhabitants of Britain were, whether natives or immigrants, remains obscure; one must remember we are dealing with barbarians.
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It is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
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Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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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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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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Reason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to a leader.
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Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it.
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Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent.
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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again.
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