It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
TACITUSIt is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
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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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Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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Reckless adventure is the fool’s hazard.
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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.
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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
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Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
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