They terrify lest they should fear.
TACITUSThe more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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The grove is the centre of their whole religion. It is regarded as the cradle of the race and the dwelling-place of the supreme god to whom all things are subject and obedient.
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Even honor and virtue make enemies, condemning, as they do, their opposites by too close a contrast.
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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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Neglected, calumny soon expires, show that you are hurt, and you give it the appearance of truth.
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All those things that are now field to be of the greatest antiquity were at one time new; what we to-day hold up by example will rank hereafter as precedent.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
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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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Once killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.
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Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
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Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
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The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
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