Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
TACITUSChristianity is a pestilent superstition.
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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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Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.
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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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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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Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
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The worst hatred is that of relatives.
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
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In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.
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A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
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Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
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