Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
TACITUSWe extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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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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Following Emporer Nero’s command, “Let the Christians be exterminated!:” . . . they [the Christians] were made the subjects of sport; they were covered with the hides of wild beasts and worried to death by dogs, or nailed to crosses or set fire to, and when the day waned, burned to serve for the evening lights.
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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It is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.
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Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
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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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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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It is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
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