When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
TACITUSRumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
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A cowardly populace which will dare nothing beyond talk.
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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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In all things there is a kind of law of cycles. [Lat., Rebus cunctis inest quidam velut orbis.]
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Following Emporer Nero’s command, “Let the Christians be exterminated!:” . . . they [the Christians] were made the subjects of sport; they were covered with the hides of wild beasts and worried to death by dogs, or nailed to crosses or set fire to, and when the day waned, burned to serve for the evening lights.
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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue.
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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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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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
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Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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It is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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They terrify lest they should fear.
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Rumor is not always wrong
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It is of eloquence as of a flame; it requires matter to feed it, and motion to excite it; and it brightens as it burns.
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