When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
TACITUSTraitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
More Tacitus Quotes
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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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The worst hatred is that of relatives.
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Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it.
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[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
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He (Tiberius) was wont to mock at the arts of physicians, and at those who, after thirty years of age, needed counsel as to what was good or bad for their bodies.
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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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They terrify lest they should fear.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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More faults are often committed while we are trying to oblige than while we are giving offense.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.
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It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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