The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
TACITUSBottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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Valor is the contempt of death and pain.
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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.
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The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
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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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Nothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.
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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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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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Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.
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The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes
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