The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
TACITUSEven for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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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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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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Solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant. They make a wilderness and they call it peace.
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Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.
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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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The love of fame is a love that even the wisest of men are reluctant to forgo.
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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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The sciences throw an inexpressible grace over our compositions, even where they are not immediately concerned; as their effects are discernible where we least expect to find them.
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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