When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
TACITUSMany who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
More Tacitus Quotes
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If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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Rulers always hate and suspect the next in succession. [Lat., Suspectum semper invisumque dominantibus qui proximus destinaretur.]
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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Flattery labors under the odious charge of servility.
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Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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In valor there is hope.
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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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