Authority is by nothing so much strengthened and confirmed as by custom; for no man easily distrusts the things which he and all men have been always bred up to. — William Temple Copy Share Image
When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.] — Tacitus Copy Share Image
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