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Publius Cornelius Tacitus
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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
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Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
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Benefits received are a delight to us as long as we think we can requite them when that possibility is far exceeded, they are repaid with hatred instead of gratitude.
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An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
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The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
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Benefits are acceptable, while the receiver thinks he may return them but once exceeding that, hatred is given instead of thanks. [Lat., Beneficia usque eo laeta sunt dum videntur exsolvi posse ubi multum antevenere pro gratia odium redditur.]
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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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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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The images of twenty of the most illustrious families the Manlii, the Quinctii, and other names of equal splendour were carried before it [the bier of Junia]. Those of Brutus and Cassius were not displayed but for that very reason they shone with pre-eminent lustre.
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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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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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