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Publius Cornelius Tacitus
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
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The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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Auctor nominis eius Christus,Tiberio imperitante, per procuratorem Pontium Pilatum, supplicio affectus erat. Christ, the leader of the sect, had been put to death by the procurator Pontius Pilate in the reign of Tiberius.
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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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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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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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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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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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If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.
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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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Flattery labors under the odious charge of servility.
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