Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
TACITUSThe repose of nations cannot be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes
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Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
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The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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Secure against the designs of men, secure against the malignity of the Gods, they have accomplished a thing of infinite difficulty; that to them nothing remains even to be wished.
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The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast.
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Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
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Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
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Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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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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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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