All inconsiderate enterprises are impetuous at first, but soon lanquish. [Lat., Omnia inconsulti impetus coepta, initiis valida, spatio languescunt.]
TACITUSReason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
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When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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The principal office of history I take to be this: to prevent virtuous actions from being forgotten, and that evil words and deeds should fear an infamous reputation with posterity.
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The love of fame is a love that even the wisest of men are reluctant to forgo.
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An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
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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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The worst hatred is that of relatives.
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The grove is the centre of their whole religion. It is regarded as the cradle of the race and the dwelling-place of the supreme god to whom all things are subject and obedient.
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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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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 more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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Rumor is not always wrong
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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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So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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