In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.
TACITUSThe more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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In valor there is hope.
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Conspicuous by his absence.
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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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An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
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All inconsiderate enterprises are impetuous at first, but soon lanquish. [Lat., Omnia inconsulti impetus coepta, initiis valida, spatio languescunt.]
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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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Nothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
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In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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