Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
TACITUSNo one in Germany laughs at vice, nor do they call it the fashion to corrupt and to be corrupted.
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
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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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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
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Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
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Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
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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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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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Keen at the start, but careless at the end.
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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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It is found by experience that admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin in the misdeeds of others.
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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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The 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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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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