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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
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The images of twenty of the most illustrious families the Manlii, the Quinctii, and other names of equal splendour were carried before it [the bier of Junia]. Those of Brutus and Cassius were not displayed; but for that very reason they shone with pre-eminent lustre.
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Habet aliquid ex iniquo omne magnum exemplum, quod contra singulos, utilitate publica rependitus.
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Suum cuique decus posteritas rependit
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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.
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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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Prosperity is the measure or touchstone of virtue, for it is less difficult to bear misfortune than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.
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Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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When the state is most corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws.
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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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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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No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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Valor is the contempt of death and pain.
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He (Tiberius) was wont to mock at the arts of physicians, and at those who, after thirty years of age, needed counsel as to what was good or bad for their bodies.
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