In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
TACITUSMany who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
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So obscure are the greatest events, as some take for granted any hearsay, whatever its source, others turn truth into falsehood, and both errors find encouragement with posterity.
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A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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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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All inconsiderate enterprises are impetuous at first, but soon lanquish. [Lat., Omnia inconsulti impetus coepta, initiis valida, spatio languescunt.]
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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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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
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The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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