Worship is admiration becoming adoration.
We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat. , Felicitate corrumpimur. ]
Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure
Augustus gradually increased his powers, taking over those of the senate, the executives and the laws. The aristocracy received wealth and position in proportion to their willingness to accept slavery. The state had been transformed, and the old Roman character gone for ever. Equality among citizens was completely abandoned. All now waited on the imperial command.
The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
Even the notion that, you know,[Bill] Clinton was the black president strikes me as the greatest irony of all times.
The best way to correct a mistake is to make it right.
Don’t pay attention to those who offer too much.
Wars are never fought for altruistic reasons.