Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
TACITUSNone grieve so ostentatiously as those who rejoice most in heart. [Lat., Nulla jactantius moerent quam qui maxime laetantur.]
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They make a desert and call it peace.
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This I regard as history’s highest function, to let no worthy action be uncommemorated, and to hold out the reprobation of posterity as a terror to evil words and deeds.
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Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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Secure against the designs of men, secure against the malignity of the Gods, they have accomplished a thing of infinite difficulty; that to them nothing remains even to be wished.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast.
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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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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.
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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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The worst hatred is that of relatives.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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