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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.

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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
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The principal office of history I take to be this: to prevent virtuous actions from being forgotten, and that evil words and deeds should fear an infamous reputation with posterity.
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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Bodies are slow of growth, but are rapid in their dissolution. [Lat., Corpora lente augescent, cito extinguuntur.]
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Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
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Even honor and virtue make enemies, condemning, as they do, their opposites by too close a contrast.
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They make a desert and call it peace.
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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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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes
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A bad peace is even worse than war.
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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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Rumor is not always wrong
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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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In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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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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[That form of] eloquence, the foster-child of licence, which fools call liberty. [Lat., Eloquentia, alumna licentiae, quam stulti libertatem vocabant.]
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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