The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
TACITUSNo one in Germany laughs at vice, nor do they call it the fashion to corrupt and to be corrupted.
More Tacitus Quotes
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The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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The task of history is to hold out for reprobation every evil word and deed, and to hold out for praise every great and noble word and deed.
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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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The powerful hold in deep remembrance an ill-timed pleasantry. [Lat., Facetiarum apud praepotentes in longum memoria est.]
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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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Reckless adventure is the fool’s hazard.
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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
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In seasons of tumult and discord bad men have most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness.
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Conspicuous by his absence.
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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent.
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They make a desert and call it peace.
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A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
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