It is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.
TACITUSA shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
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We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
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Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
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Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
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A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
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The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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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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In all things there is a kind of law of cycles. [Lat., Rebus cunctis inest quidam velut orbis.]
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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
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A cowardly populace which will dare nothing beyond talk.
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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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In seasons of tumult and discord bad men have most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness.
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