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Quote from Publius Cornelius Tacitus,

"We are corrupted by prosperity. And when the state is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied."



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Publius Cornelius Tacitus (more quotes by Publius Cornelius Tacitus or books by/about Publius Cornelius Tacitus)


(c.55-c.120 A.D.) Senator and a historian of the Roman Empire

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Corruption, Law, Prosperity, Statism

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