A cowardly populace which will dare nothing beyond talk.
TACITUSThe 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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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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In private enterprises men may advance or recede, whereas they who aim at empire have no alternative between the highest success and utter downfall.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
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Experience teaches. [Lat., Experientia docet.]
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue.
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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.
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Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
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The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
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The 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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We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
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