To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it. - Tacitus - Quotesmemo.com

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Tacitus

To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.

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Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure

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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.

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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.

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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.

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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.

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We have found that when men and women are left free to find the places for which they are best fitted, some few of them will indeed attain less exalted stations than under a regime of privilege; but the vast multitude will rise to a higher level, to wider horizons, to worthier attainments.

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