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«Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions»
«The more corrupt the state, the more laws.»
Author: Publius Cornelius Tacitus
| About:
Corruption,
Law and lawyers
| Keywords:
corrupt, The State
«They (the Romans) make a desert, and they call it peace»
«The principle office of history I take to be this: to prevent virtuous actions from being forgotten, and that evil words and deeds should fear an infamous reputation with posterity.»
Author: Publius Cornelius Tacitus
| About:
Action,
History
| Keywords:
infamous, Office of, posterity, take to, take to be
«When men are full of envy, they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad»
«We are corrupted by prosperity»
«In valor there is hope.»
«Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it.»
«Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.»
«Rumor is not always wrong»
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