One who is allowed to sin, sins less
TACITUSChristianity is a pestilent superstition.
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Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue.
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.
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A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
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The persecution of genius fosters its influence.
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The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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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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The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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The sciences throw an inexpressible grace over our compositions, even where they are not immediately concerned; as their effects are discernible where we least expect to find them.
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