Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
TACITUSWe extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
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Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure.
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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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To rob, to ravage, to murder, in their imposing language, are the arts of civil policy. When they have made the world a solitude, they call it peace.
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Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent.
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He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again.
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others.
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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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