The task of history is to hold out for reprobation every evil word and deed, and to hold out for praise every great and noble word and deed.
TACITUSThe injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
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Whatever is unknown is magnified.
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When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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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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Nothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.
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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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Conspicuous by his absence.
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The grove is the centre of their whole religion. It is regarded as the cradle of the race and the dwelling-place of the supreme god to whom all things are subject and obedient.
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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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