Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
TACITUSOther men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
More Tacitus Quotes
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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.]
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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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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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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.
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Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.
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Keen at the start, but careless at the end.
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
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This I regard as history’s highest function, to let no worthy action be uncommemorated, and to hold out the reprobation of posterity as a terror to evil words and deeds.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again.
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Nature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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None grieve so ostentatiously as those who rejoice most in heart. [Lat., Nulla jactantius moerent quam qui maxime laetantur.]
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