Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
TACITUSA bad peace is even worse than war.
More Tacitus Quotes
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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
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The sciences throw an inexpressible grace over our compositions, even where they are not immediately concerned; as their effects are discernible where we least expect to find them.
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Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
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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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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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One who is allowed to sin, sins less
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad, will work out his ruin.
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Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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