It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
TACITUSThe powerful hold in deep remembrance an ill-timed pleasantry. [Lat., Facetiarum apud praepotentes in longum memoria est.]
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Rulers always hate and suspect the next in succession. [Lat., Suspectum semper invisumque dominantibus qui proximus destinaretur.]
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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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The persecution of genius fosters its influence.
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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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Whatever is unknown is magnified.
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Experience teaches. [Lat., Experientia docet.]
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So obscure are the greatest events, as some take for granted any hearsay, whatever its source, others turn truth into falsehood, and both errors find encouragement with posterity.
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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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All 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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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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Valor is the contempt of death and pain.
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