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title: "5 Corrupt Quotes By Tacitus"
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> [When the state is most corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tacitus/when-the-state-is-most-corrupt-then-the-laws-are-most-multiplied/)

[Tacitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tacitus/)

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> [Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tacitus/laws-were-most-numerous-when-the-commonwealth-was-most-corrupt/)

[Tacitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tacitus/)

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> [The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tacitus/the-more-corrupt-the-state-the-more-numerous-the-laws/)

[Tacitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tacitus/)

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> [When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tacitus/when-the-state-is-corrupt-then-the-laws-are-most-multiplied/)

[Tacitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tacitus/)

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> [The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tacitus/the-more-numerous-the-laws-the-more-corrupt-the-government/)

[Tacitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tacitus/)

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## Other authors on Corrupt

## More by Tacitus

> [Benefits received are a delight to us as long as we think we can requite them; when that possibility is far exceeded, they are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tacitus/benefits-received-are-a-delight-to-us-as-long-as-we-think-we-can/)

[Tacitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tacitus/)

> [Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tacitus/rumor-does-not-always-err-it-sometimes-even-elects-a-man/)

[Tacitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tacitus/)

> [ None mourn more ostentatiously than those who most rejoice at it \[a death\]. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tacitus/none-mourn-more-ostentatiously-than-those-who-most-rejoice-at-it-a/)

[Tacitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tacitus/)

> [So true is it that all transactions of preeminent importance are wrapt in doubt and obscurity; while some hold for certain facts the most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tacitus/so-true-is-it-that-all-transactions-of-preeminent-importance-are/)

[Tacitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tacitus/)

> [Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tacitus/be-assured-those-will-be-thy-worst-enemies-not-to-whom-thou-hast-done/)

[Tacitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tacitus/)

> [Christianity is a pestilent superstition.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tacitus/christianity-is-a-pestilent-superstition/)

[Tacitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tacitus/)

> [Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tacitus/indeed-the-crowning-proof-of-their-valour-and-their-strength-is-that/)

[Tacitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tacitus/)

> [Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tacitus/formerly-we-suffered-from-crimes-now-we-suffer-from-laws/)

[Tacitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tacitus/)

> [ None mourn more ostentatiously over the death of Germanicus than those who most rejoice at it \[a death\]. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tacitus/none-mourn-more-ostentatiously-over-the-death-of-germanicus-than/)

[Tacitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tacitus/)

> [Once killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tacitus/once-killing-starts-it-is-difficult-to-draw-the-line/)

[Tacitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tacitus/)

> [The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tacitus/the-lust-of-dominion-burns-with-a-flame-so-fierce-as-to-overpower-all/)

[Tacitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tacitus/)

> [“It is a principle of nature to hate those whom you have injured.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tacitus/it-is-a-principle-of-nature-to-hate-those-whom-you-have-injured/)

[Tacitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tacitus/)

> [Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tacitus/kindness-so-far-as-we-can-return-it-is-agreeable/)

[Tacitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tacitus/)

> [Posterity gives every man his true value.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tacitus/posterity-gives-every-man-his-true-value/)

[Tacitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tacitus/)

> [The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tacitus/the-most-detestable-race-of-enemies-are-flatterers/)

[Tacitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tacitus/)

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