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Tacitus has written an entire work on the manners of the Germans. This work is short, but it comes from the pen of Tacitus, who was always concise, because he saw everything at a glance.

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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
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It is of eloquence as of a flame it requires matter to feed it, and motion to excite it and it brightens as it burns.
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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.
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Benefits are acceptable, while the receiver thinks he may return them but once exceeding that, hatred is given instead of thanks. [Lat., Beneficia usque eo laeta sunt dum videntur exsolvi posse ubi multum antevenere pro gratia odium redditur.]
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
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In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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They terrify lest they should fear.
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We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose. [Lat., Imperium flagitio acquisitum nemo unquam bonis artibus exercuit.]
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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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