The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
TACITUSFollowing Emporer Nero’s command, “Let the Christians be exterminated!:” . . . they [the Christians] were made the subjects of sport; they were covered with the hides of wild beasts and worried to death by dogs, or nailed to crosses or set fire to, and when the day waned, burned to serve for the evening lights.
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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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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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It is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
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To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.
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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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The principal office of history I take to be this: to prevent virtuous actions from being forgotten, and that evil words and deeds should fear an infamous reputation with posterity.
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A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure.
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He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again.
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He (Tiberius) was wont to mock at the arts of physicians, and at those who, after thirty years of age, needed counsel as to what was good or bad for their bodies.
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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
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In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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Who the first inhabitants of Britain were, whether natives or immigrants, remains obscure; one must remember we are dealing with barbarians.
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