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The gods are on the side of the stronger.

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Publius Cornelius Tacitus
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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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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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The brave and bold persist even against fortune the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.
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Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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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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Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
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[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet the danger. [Lat., Si cadere necesse est, occurendum discrimini.]
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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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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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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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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
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Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
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Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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It is of eloquence as of a flame it requires matter to feed it, and motion to excite it and it brightens as it burns.
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Valor is the contempt of death and pain.
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