There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
TACITUSThe task of history is to hold out for reprobation every evil word and deed, and to hold out for praise every great and noble word and deed.
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The persecution of genius fosters its influence.
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
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Flattery labors under the odious charge of servility.
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Whatever is unknown is magnified.
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Solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant. They make a wilderness and they call it peace.
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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
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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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In all things there is a law of cycles.
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None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
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People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
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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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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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