We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
TACITUSCorruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
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Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
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Conspicuous by his absence.
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In valor there is hope.
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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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In private enterprises men may advance or recede, whereas they who aim at empire have no alternative between the highest success and utter downfall.
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The worst hatred is that of relatives.
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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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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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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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The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.
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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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