No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
TACITUSIn a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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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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Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
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The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
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Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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War will of itself discover and lay open the hidden and rankling wounds of the victorious party.
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
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Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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