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.
TACITUSValor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.
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The grove is the centre of their whole religion. It is regarded as the cradle of the race and the dwelling-place of the supreme god to whom all things are subject and obedient.
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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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The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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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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The worst hatred is that of relatives.
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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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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 desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
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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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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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