Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
TACITUSIf you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.
More Tacitus Quotes
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They terrify lest they should fear.
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To rob, to ravage, to murder, in their imposing language, are the arts of civil policy. When they have made the world a solitude, they call it peace.
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Nature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
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It is of eloquence as of a flame; it requires matter to feed it, and motion to excite it; and it brightens as it burns.
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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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.
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue.
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It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
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Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
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The worst hatred is that of relatives.
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.
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