In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous. Tacitus More Quotes by Tacitus More Quotes From Tacitus Adversity deprives us of our judgment. Tacitus judgmentadversity Modest fame is not to be despised by the highest characters. Tacitus modestfamecharacter The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair through fear alone. Tacitus despairbraveryfortune The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws. Tacitus governmentlawnumbers Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up. Tacitus lastsfamemen Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood. Tacitus politicsguiltblood Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others. Tacitus valourproofharm Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends. Tacitus opponentsbencheswinning Secure against the designs of men, secure against the malignity of the Gods, they have accomplished a thing of infinite difficulty; that to them nothing remains even to be wished. Tacitus designinfinitemen All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay. Tacitus decaygrowthbody Whatever is unknown is magnified. Tacitus We are corrupted by good fortune. Tacitus good-fortunefortune Reckless adventure is the fool's hazard. Tacitus hazardsfooladventure Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth. Tacitus sinceritytruthfear Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty. Tacitus falsehooduncertaintyhaste The Germans themselves I should regard as aboriginal, and not mixed at all with other races through immigration or intercourse. For in former times, it was not by land but on shipboard that those who sought to emigrate would arrive; and the boundless and, so to speak, hostile ocean beyond us,is seldom entered by a sail from our world. Tacitus our-worldoceanrace It is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured. Tacitus hatehatredhumans In all things there is a law of cycles. Tacitus cyclesall-thingslaw Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions. Tacitus passionlustjustice Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt Tacitus commonwealthlibertarianlaw
