It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
TACITUSLaws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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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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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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Bodies are slow of growth, but are rapid in their dissolution. [Lat., Corpora lente augescent, cito extinguuntur.]
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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The task of history is to hold out for reprobation every evil word and deed, and to hold out for praise every great and noble word and deed.
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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Benefits received are a delight to us as long as we think we can requite them; when that possibility is far exceeded, they are repaid with hatred instead of gratitude.
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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
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To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.
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One who is allowed to sin, sins less
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