The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.
TACITUSThe hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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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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Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
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The powerful hold in deep remembrance an ill-timed pleasantry. [Lat., Facetiarum apud praepotentes in longum memoria est.]
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It is of eloquence as of a flame; it requires matter to feed it, and motion to excite it; and it brightens as it burns.
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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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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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It is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.
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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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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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[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
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