The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
TACITUSMen are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure.
More Tacitus Quotes
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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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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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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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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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Who the first inhabitants of Britain were, whether natives or immigrants, remains obscure; one must remember we are dealing with barbarians.
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A cowardly populace which will dare nothing beyond talk.
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The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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This I regard as history’s highest function, to let no worthy action be uncommemorated, and to hold out the reprobation of posterity as a terror to evil words and deeds.
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Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
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The powerful hold in deep remembrance an ill-timed pleasantry. [Lat., Facetiarum apud praepotentes in longum memoria est.]
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Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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Reckless adventure is the fool’s hazard.
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They terrify lest they should fear.
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