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Admirable Quote by Tacitus

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“It is found by experience that admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin in the misdeeds of others.”

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Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others.

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None mourn more ostentatiously over the death of Germanicus than those who most rejoice at it [a death].

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Once killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.

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The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast.

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