The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.
TACITUSEven the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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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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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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The word liberty has been falsely used by persons who, being degenerately profligate in private life, and mischievous in public, had no hope left but in fomenting discord.
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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
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They make a desert and call it peace.
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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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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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No one in Germany laughs at vice, nor do they call it the fashion to corrupt and to be corrupted.
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An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again.
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Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
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