One who is allowed to sin, sins less
TACITUSEvery recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue.
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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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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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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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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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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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Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
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Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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