None grieve so ostentatiously as those who rejoice most in heart. [Lat., Nulla jactantius moerent quam qui maxime laetantur.]
TACITUSPerdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
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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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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
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Once killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.
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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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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
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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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I am my nearest neighbour.
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To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.
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In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.
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