The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
TACITUSThe desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Reckless adventure is the fool’s hazard.
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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
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Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it.
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If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.
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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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Who the first inhabitants of Britain were, whether natives or immigrants, remains obscure; one must remember we are dealing with barbarians.
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All inconsiderate enterprises are impetuous at first, but soon lanquish. [Lat., Omnia inconsulti impetus coepta, initiis valida, spatio languescunt.]
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Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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Solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant. They make a wilderness and they call it peace.
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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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