The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
TACITUSPosterity will pay everyone their due.
More Tacitus Quotes
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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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So obscure are the greatest events, as some take for granted any hearsay, whatever its source, others turn truth into falsehood, and both errors find encouragement with posterity.
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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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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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
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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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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
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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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