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Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.

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It is always easier to requite an injury than a service: gratitude is a burden, but revenge is found to pay.

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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.

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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.

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The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws.

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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.

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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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No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.

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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.

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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.

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Nationality: Roman

Type: Historian

Born: Unknown

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