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

 

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


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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.

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

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I am my nearest neighbour. -Cornelius Tacitus
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It is the rare fortuene of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.

Cornelius Tacitus
185

He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again.

Cornelius Tacitus
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations. -Cornelius Tacitus
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Prosperity is the measure or touchstone of virtue, for it is less difficult to bear misfortune than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.

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170