Highest Success Quotes by Tacitus

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Tacitus has 128 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

• Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
• When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
• The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
• In private enterprises men may advance or recede, whereas they who aim at empire have no alternative between the highest success and…
• The solitude lends much appeal, because a sea without a harbour surrounds it. Even a modest boat can find few anchorage, and…
• Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
• The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.
• The persecution of genius fosters its influence.
• If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
• So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
• An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
• Remedies are slower in their operation than diseases.

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