The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
TACITUSExperience teaches. [Lat., Experientia docet.]
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Forethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader. [Lat., Ratio et consilium, propriae ducis artes.]
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He (Tiberius) was wont to mock at the arts of physicians, and at those who, after thirty years of age, needed counsel as to what was good or bad for their bodies.
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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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The persecution of genius fosters its influence.
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Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.
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There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
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Secure against the designs of men, secure against the malignity of the Gods, they have accomplished a thing of infinite difficulty; that to them nothing remains even to be wished.
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Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.
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Solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant. They make a wilderness and they call it peace.
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