The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
TACITUSThey make a desert and call it peace.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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One who is allowed to sin, sins less
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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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Modest fame is not to be despised by the highest characters. [Lat., Modestiae fama neque summis mortalibus spernenda est.]
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They make a desert and call it peace.
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
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Reckless adventure is the fool’s hazard.
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
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Benefits received are a delight to us as long as we think we can requite them; when that possibility is far exceeded, they are repaid with hatred instead of gratitude.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.
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