In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
TACITUSCrime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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The grove is the centre of their whole religion. It is regarded as the cradle of the race and the dwelling-place of the supreme god to whom all things are subject and obedient.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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Rulers always hate and suspect the next in succession. [Lat., Suspectum semper invisumque dominantibus qui proximus destinaretur.]
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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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