Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.
TACITUSEven honor and virtue make enemies, condemning, as they do, their opposites by too close a contrast.
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Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others.
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Following 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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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
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None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
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All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end.
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The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast.
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In valor there is hope.
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The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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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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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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They make a desert and call it peace.
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If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.
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