Custom adapts itself to expediency.
TACITUSTraitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
More Tacitus Quotes
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When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
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A bad peace is even worse than war.
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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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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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Forethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader. [Lat., Ratio et consilium, propriae ducis artes.]
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