To rob, to ravage, to murder, in their imposing language, are the arts of civil policy. When they have made the world a solitude, they call it peace.
TACITUSThe desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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Conspicuous by his absence.
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War will of itself discover and lay open the hidden and rankling wounds of the victorious party.
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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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In seasons of tumult and discord bad men have most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness.
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
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Rumor is not always wrong
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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.
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