More faults are often committed while we are trying to oblige than while we are giving offense.
TACITUSThey make solitude, which they call peace.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
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There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
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Who the first inhabitants of Britain were, whether natives or immigrants, remains obscure; one must remember we are dealing with barbarians.
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
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Rumor is not always wrong
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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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Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
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War will of itself discover and lay open the hidden and rankling wounds of the victorious party.
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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
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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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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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