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I am my nearest neighbour.

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Publius Cornelius Tacitus
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[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
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They terrify lest they should fear.
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
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Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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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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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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The grove is the centre of their whole religion. It is regarded as the cradle of the race and the dwelling-place of the supreme god to whom all things are subject and obedient.
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