Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
TACITUSValor is the contempt of death and pain.
More Tacitus Quotes
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None grieve so ostentatiously as those who rejoice most in heart. [Lat., Nulla jactantius moerent quam qui maxime laetantur.]
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Whatever is unknown is magnified.
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The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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War will of itself discover and lay open the hidden and rankling wounds of the victorious party.
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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
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All those things that are now field to be of the greatest antiquity were at one time new; what we to-day hold up by example will rank hereafter as precedent.
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Benefits received are a delight to us as long as we think we can requite them; when that possibility is far exceeded, they are repaid with hatred instead of gratitude.
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Once killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.
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Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure.
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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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