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Tacitus


Roman
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Historian
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.


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The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws.


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When the state is most corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.


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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.


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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.


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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.


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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.


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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.


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Love of fame is the last thing even learned men can bear to be parted from.


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Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
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Prosperity is the measure or touchstone of virtue, for it is less difficult to bear misfortune than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
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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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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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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.
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