The love of fame is a love that even the wisest of men are reluctant to forgo.
TACITUSOnce killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.
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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.
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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
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Keen at the start, but careless at the end.
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
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None grieve so ostentatiously as those who rejoice most in heart. [Lat., Nulla jactantius moerent quam qui maxime laetantur.]
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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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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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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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A bad peace is even worse than war.
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