A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
TACITUSIn 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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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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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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Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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Modest fame is not to be despised by the highest characters. [Lat., Modestiae fama neque summis mortalibus spernenda est.]
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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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It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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Conspicuous by his absence.
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None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair through fear alone. [Lat., Fortes et strenuos etiam contra fortunam insistere, timidos et ignoros ad desperationem formidine properare.]
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