Modest fame is not to be despised by the highest characters. [Lat., Modestiae fama neque summis mortalibus spernenda est.]
TACITUSA bad peace is even worse than war.
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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Rulers always hate and suspect the next in succession. [Lat., Suspectum semper invisumque dominantibus qui proximus destinaretur.]
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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No one in Germany laughs at vice, nor do they call it the fashion to corrupt and to be corrupted.
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We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
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One who is allowed to sin, sins less
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The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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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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To rob, to ravage, to murder, in their imposing language, are the arts of civil policy. When they have made the world a solitude, they call it peace.
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