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.
TACITUSRemedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
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There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
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Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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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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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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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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One who is allowed to sin, sins less
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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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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The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
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