To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.
TACITUSCrime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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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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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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Conspicuous by his absence.
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The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
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In private enterprises men may advance or recede, whereas they who aim at empire have no alternative between the highest success and utter downfall.
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In all things there is a law of cycles.
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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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