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Publius Cornelius Tacitus
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An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
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In all things there is a law of cycles.
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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
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The images of twenty of the most illustrious families the Manlii, the Quinctii, and other names of equal splendour were carried before it [the bier of Junia]. Those of Brutus and Cassius were not displayed but for that very reason they shone with pre-eminent lustre.
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.
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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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Whatever is unknown is magnified.
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Flattery labors under the odious charge of servility.
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The principal office of history I take to be this: to prevent virtuous actions from being forgotten, and that evil words and deeds should fear an infamous reputation with posterity.
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Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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To abandon your shield is the basest of crimes nor may a man thus disgraced be present at the sacred rites, or enter their council many, indeed, after escaping from battle, have ended their infamy with the halter.
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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
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It is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.
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Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
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