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Cornelius Tacitus
He had a certain frankness and generosity, qualities indeed which turn to a man's ruin, unless tempered with discretion.

Cornelius Tacitus
I am my nearest neighbour.

Cornelius Tacitus
In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.

Cornelius Tacitus
It is found by experience that admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin in the misdeeds of others.

Cornelius Tacitus
Keen at the start, but careless at the end.

Cornelius Tacitus
No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.

Cornelius Tacitus
That cannot be safe which is not honourable.

Cornelius Tacitus
There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.

Cornelius Tacitus, Histories
It is the rare fortuene of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.

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