Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
TACITUSOnce killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.
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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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None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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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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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
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A cowardly populace which will dare nothing beyond talk.
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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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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Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure.
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