The powerful hold in deep remembrance an ill-timed pleasantry. [Lat., Facetiarum apud praepotentes in longum memoria est.]
TACITUSThe desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
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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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Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
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Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.
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No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
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Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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Neglected, calumny soon expires, show that you are hurt, and you give it the appearance of truth.
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So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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The grove is the centre of their whole religion. It is regarded as the cradle of the race and the dwelling-place of the supreme god to whom all things are subject and obedient.
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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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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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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
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Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
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