Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
TACITUSIt is of eloquence as of a flame; it requires matter to feed it, and motion to excite it; and it brightens as it burns.
More Tacitus Quotes
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One who is allowed to sin, sins less
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Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others.
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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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Reason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to a leader.
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Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
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An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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No one in Germany laughs at vice, nor do they call it the fashion to corrupt and to be corrupted.
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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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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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More faults are often committed while we are trying to oblige than while we are giving offense.
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