All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
TACITUSThe gods are on the side of the stronger.
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He (Tiberius) was wont to mock at the arts of physicians, and at those who, after thirty years of age, needed counsel as to what was good or bad for their bodies.
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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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The persecution of genius fosters its influence.
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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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The worst hatred is that of relatives.
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Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
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Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
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In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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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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Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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To rob, to ravage, to murder, in their imposing language, are the arts of civil policy. When they have made the world a solitude, they call it peace.
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