[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
TACITUSThe gods are on the side of the stronger.
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So obscure are the greatest events, as some take for granted any hearsay, whatever its source, others turn truth into falsehood, and both errors find encouragement with posterity.
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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad, will work out his ruin.
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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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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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Once killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.
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Experience teaches. [Lat., Experientia docet.]
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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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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All inconsiderate enterprises are impetuous at first, but soon lanquish. [Lat., Omnia inconsulti impetus coepta, initiis valida, spatio languescunt.]
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Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent.
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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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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.
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