Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
TACITUSSeek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
More Tacitus Quotes
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The worst hatred is that of relatives.
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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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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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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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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Rulers always hate and suspect the next in succession. [Lat., Suspectum semper invisumque dominantibus qui proximus destinaretur.]
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So obscure are the greatest events, as some take for granted any hearsay, whatever its source, others turn truth into falsehood, and both errors find encouragement with posterity.
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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
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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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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
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We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
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