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Tacitus187 quotes“In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.”
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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
TacitusTacitus Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
TacitusTacitus No one in Germany laughs at vice, nor do they call it the fashion to corrupt and to be corrupted.
TacitusTacitus Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.
TacitusTacitus They terrify lest they should fear.
TacitusTacitus That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
TacitusTacitus The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
TacitusTacitus Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
TacitusTacitus We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
TacitusTacitus A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
TacitusTacitus Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
TacitusTacitus The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
TacitusTacitus The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair through fear alone. [Lat., Fortes et strenuos etiam contra fortunam insistere, timidos et ignoros ad desperationem formidine properare.]
TacitusTacitus Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
TacitusTacitus Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
TacitusTacitus In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.
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We are bound no longer by the straitjacket of the past and nowhere is the change greater than in our profession of arms. What, you may well ask, will be the end of all of this? I would not know! But I would hope that our beloved country will drink deep from the chalice of courage.
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TacitusTacitus Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
TacitusTacitus 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 to whom all things are subject and obedient.
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