A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
From Tacitus
Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.
To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.
Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again.
A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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