It is found by experience that admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin in the misdeeds of others.
TACITUSNo one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Nature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
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[That form of] eloquence, the foster-child of licence, which fools call liberty. [Lat., Eloquentia, alumna licentiae, quam stulti libertatem vocabant.]
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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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In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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The persecution of genius fosters its influence.
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Solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant. They make a wilderness and they call it peace.
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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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