Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
TACITUSThe injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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Benefits received are a delight to us as long as we think we can requite them; when that possibility is far exceeded, they are repaid with hatred instead of gratitude.
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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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Flattery labors under the odious charge of servility.
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Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others.
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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast.
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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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