Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
TACITUSAll those things that are now field to be of the greatest antiquity were at one time new; what we to-day hold up by example will rank hereafter as precedent.
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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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In private enterprises men may advance or recede, whereas they who aim at empire have no alternative between the highest success and utter downfall.
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All inconsiderate enterprises are impetuous at first, but soon lanquish. [Lat., Omnia inconsulti impetus coepta, initiis valida, spatio languescunt.]
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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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One who is allowed to sin, sins less
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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
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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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Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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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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Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
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The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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