Experience teaches. [Lat., Experientia docet.]
TACITUSSuch being the happiness of the times, that you may think as you wish, and speak as you think.
More Tacitus Quotes
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When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it.
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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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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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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
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Rumor is not always wrong
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The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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In all things there is a law of cycles.
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Neglected, calumny soon expires, show that you are hurt, and you give it the appearance of truth.
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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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