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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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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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So obscure are the greatest events, as some take for granted any hearsay, whatever its source, others turn truth into falsehood, and both errors find encouragement with posterity.
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Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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Our magistrates discharge their duties best at the beginning and fall off toward the end. [Lat., Initia magistratuum nostrorum meliora, ferme finis inclinat.]
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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A bad peace is even worse than war.
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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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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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The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
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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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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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The sciences throw an inexpressible grace over our compositions, even where they are not immediately concerned as their effects are discernible where we least expect to find them.
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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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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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In all things there is a kind of law of cycles. [Lat., Rebus cunctis inest quidam velut orbis.]
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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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