Valor is the contempt of death and pain.
TACITUSNeglected, calumny soon expires, show that you are hurt, and you give it the appearance of truth.
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An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
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Conspicuous by his absence.
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All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end.
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Nothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.
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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
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Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
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The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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To rob, to ravage, to murder, in their imposing language, are the arts of civil policy. When they have made the world a solitude, they call it peace.
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In all things there is a kind of law of cycles. [Lat., Rebus cunctis inest quidam velut orbis.]
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Who the first inhabitants of Britain were, whether natives or immigrants, remains obscure; one must remember we are dealing with barbarians.
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To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.
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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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