In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
TACITUSOnce killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.
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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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All those things that are now field to be of the greatest antiquity were at one time new; what we to-day hold up by example will rank hereafter as precedent.
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A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
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The love of fame is a love that even the wisest of men are reluctant to forgo.
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It is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.
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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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