Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
TACITUSViewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
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Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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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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Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
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Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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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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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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