When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
TACITUSAll inconsiderate enterprises are impetuous at first, but soon lanquish. [Lat., Omnia inconsulti impetus coepta, initiis valida, spatio languescunt.]
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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The powerful hold in deep remembrance an ill-timed pleasantry. [Lat., Facetiarum apud praepotentes in longum memoria est.]
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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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It is of eloquence as of a flame; it requires matter to feed it, and motion to excite it; and it brightens as it burns.
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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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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So obscure are the greatest events, as some take for granted any hearsay, whatever its source, others turn truth into falsehood, and both errors find encouragement with posterity.
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In all things there is a kind of law of cycles. [Lat., Rebus cunctis inest quidam velut orbis.]
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The word liberty has been falsely used by persons who, being degenerately profligate in private life, and mischievous in public, had no hope left but in fomenting discord.
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[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
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The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
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The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes
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Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
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No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
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