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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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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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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.
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No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
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The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
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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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It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
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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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Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
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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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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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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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Tacitus has written an entire work on the manners of the Germans. This work is short, but it comes from the pen of Tacitus, who was always concise, because he saw everything at a glance.
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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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