Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
TACITUSChristianity is a pestilent superstition.
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A cowardly populace which will dare nothing beyond talk.
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A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
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Such being the happiness of the times, that you may think as you wish, and speak as you think.
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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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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
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It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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Flattery labors under the odious charge of servility.
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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
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To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.
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The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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