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Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.

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Publius Cornelius Tacitus
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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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You might believe a good man easily, a great man with pleasure. -Bonum virum facile crederes, magnum libenter
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The love of fame is a love that even the wisest of men are reluctant to forgo.
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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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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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Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others.
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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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This I regard as history's highest function, to let no worthy action be uncommemorated, and to hold out the reprobation of posterity as a terror to evil words and deeds.
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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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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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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue.
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