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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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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
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Bodies are slow of growth, but are rapid in their dissolution. [Lat., Corpora lente augescent, cito extinguuntur.]
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Valor is the contempt of death and pain.
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Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
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In all things there is a law of cycles.
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You might believe a good man easily, a great man with pleasure. -Bonum virum facile crederes, magnum libenter
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No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
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The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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In careless ignorance they think it civilization, when in reality it is a portion of their slavery...To ravage, to slaughter, to usurp under false pretenses, they call empire and where they make a desert, they call it peace.
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Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
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The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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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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Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others.
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent. [Lat., Praefulgebant Cassius atque Brutus eo ipso, quod effigies eorum non videbantur.]
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