More faults are often committed while we are trying to oblige than while we are giving offense.
TACITUSWhen the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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So obscure are the greatest events, as some take for granted any hearsay, whatever its source, others turn truth into falsehood, and both errors find encouragement with posterity.
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It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.
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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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All those things that are now field to be of the greatest antiquity were at one time new; what we to-day hold up by example will rank hereafter as precedent.
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
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[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.
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The sciences throw an inexpressible grace over our compositions, even where they are not immediately concerned; as their effects are discernible where we least expect to find them.
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In all things there is a law of cycles.
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The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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