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Custom adapts itself to expediency.

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Publius Cornelius Tacitus
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The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
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No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
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The powerful hold in deep remembrance an ill-timed pleasantry. [Lat., Facetiarum apud praepotentes in longum memoria est.]
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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
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An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life. [Lat., Honesta mors turpi vita potior.]
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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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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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In private enterprises men may advance or recede, whereas they who aim at empire have no alternative between the highest success and utter downfall.
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The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes
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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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Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
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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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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges.
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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
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