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- The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
- All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
- All ancient history was written with a moral object; the ethical interest predominates almost to the exclusion of all others.
- In all things there is a law of cycles.
- The grove is the centre of their whole religion. It is regarded as the cradle of the race and the dwelling-place of the supreme god…
- Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions
- Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.
- 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…
- All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
- [The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
- The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast.
- So true is it that all transactions of preeminent importance are wrapt in doubt and obscurity; while some hold for certain facts the most precarious…
- A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
- All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end.
- They have plundered the world, stripping naked the land in their hunger… they are driven by greed, if their enemy be rich; by ambition, if…
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