An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
TACITUSWhen the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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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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Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.
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All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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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 nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
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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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