The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
TACITUSThe desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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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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Nature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
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A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
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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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Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue.
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Benefits received are a delight to us as long as we think we can requite them; when that possibility is far exceeded, they are repaid with hatred instead of gratitude.
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others.
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The powerful hold in deep remembrance an ill-timed pleasantry. [Lat., Facetiarum apud praepotentes in longum memoria est.]
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