Reason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to a leader.
TACITUSA desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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A bad peace is even worse than war.
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Once killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.
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[That form of] eloquence, the foster-child of licence, which fools call liberty. [Lat., Eloquentia, alumna licentiae, quam stulti libertatem vocabant.]
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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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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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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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Nature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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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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Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
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