Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
TACITUSFalsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
More Tacitus Quotes
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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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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The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.
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Nature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
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In all things there is a law of cycles.
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A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad, will work out his ruin.
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Flattery labors under the odious charge of servility.
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People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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Solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant. They make a wilderness and they call it peace.
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Reason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to a leader.
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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