The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
TACITUSAdversity deprives us of our judgment.
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Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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Reason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to a leader.
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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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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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Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
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They make a desert and call it peace.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.
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Secure against the designs of men, secure against the malignity of the Gods, they have accomplished a thing of infinite difficulty; that to them nothing remains even to be wished.
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Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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