In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
TACITUSReason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
More Tacitus Quotes
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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
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In valor there is hope.
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The sciences throw an inexpressible grace over our compositions, even where they are not immediately concerned; as their effects are discernible where we least expect to find them.
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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It is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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[That form of] eloquence, the foster-child of licence, which fools call liberty. [Lat., Eloquentia, alumna licentiae, quam stulti libertatem vocabant.]
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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This I regard as history’s highest function, to let no worthy action be uncommemorated, and to hold out the reprobation of posterity as a terror to evil words and deeds.
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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
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