Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
TACITUSThe desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
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Rumor is not always wrong
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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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The love of fame is a love that even the wisest of men are reluctant to forgo.
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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It is of eloquence as of a flame; it requires matter to feed it, and motion to excite it; and it brightens as it burns.
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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
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Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
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