A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
TACITUSNo one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
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The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
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Solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant. They make a wilderness and they call it peace.
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Reason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to a leader.
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Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
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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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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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War will of itself discover and lay open the hidden and rankling wounds of the victorious party.
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
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The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
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Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it.
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Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.
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