The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
TACITUSExperience teaches. [Lat., Experientia docet.]
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It is found by experience that admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin in the misdeeds of others.
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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Once killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure.
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Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
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Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
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