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Things forbidden have a secret charm.

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Publius Cornelius Tacitus
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The powerful hold in deep remembrance an ill-timed pleasantry. [Lat., Facetiarum apud praepotentes in longum memoria est.]
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All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end.
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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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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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They terrify lest they should fear.
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In all things there is a law of cycles.
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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There was more courage in bearing trouble than in escaping from it the brave and the energetic cling to hope, even in spite of fortune the cowardly and the indolent are hurried by their fears,' said Plotius Firmus, Roman Praetorian Guard.
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This I regard as history's highest function, to let no worthy action be uncommemorated, and to hold out the reprobation of posterity as a terror to evil words and deeds.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
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Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges.
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life. [Lat., Honesta mors turpi vita potior.]
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Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
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The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
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The principal office of history I take to be this: to prevent virtuous actions from being forgotten, and that evil words and deeds should fear an infamous reputation with posterity.
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Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
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