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Things forbidden have a secret charm.

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Publius Cornelius Tacitus
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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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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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To abandon your shield is the basest of crimes nor may a man thus disgraced be present at the sacred rites, or enter their council many, indeed, after escaping from battle, have ended their infamy with the halter.
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So true is it that all transactions of preeminent importance are wrapt in doubt and obscurity while some hold for certain facts the most precarious hearsays, others turn facts into falsehood and both are exaggerated by posterity.
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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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[That form of] eloquence, the foster-child of licence, which fools call liberty. [Lat., Eloquentia, alumna licentiae, quam stulti libertatem vocabant.]
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Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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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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The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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Who the first inhabitants of Britain were, whether natives or immigrants, remains obscure one must remember we are dealing with barbarians.
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[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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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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Once killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.
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