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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.

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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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Following Emporer Nero's command, Let the Christians be exterminated!: . . . they [the Christians] were made the subjects of sport they were covered with the hides of wild beasts and worried to death by dogs, or nailed to crosses or set fire to, and when the day waned, burned to serve for the evening lights.
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Even honor and virtue make enemies, condemning, as they do, their opposites by too close a contrast.
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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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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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