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Cornelius Tacitus Quotes

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"It is found by experience that admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin in the misdeeds of others."
-Cornelius Tacitus in Laws quotes.
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"I am my nearest neighbour."
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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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"No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations. "
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"He had a certain frankness and generosity, qualities indeed which turn to a man's ruin, unless tempered with discretion."
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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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"It is the rare fortuene of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks."
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"Keen at the start, but careless at the end."
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"Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin."
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"There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive."
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"Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up."
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"Things forbidden have a secret charm."
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"The more corrupt the republic, the more numerous the laws."
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