Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
TACITUSThe 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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In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
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Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure.
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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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It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
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Nature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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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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There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
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The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
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