Secure against the designs of men, secure against the malignity of the Gods, they have accomplished a thing of infinite difficulty; that to them nothing remains even to be wished.
TACITUSValor is the contempt of death and pain.
More Tacitus Quotes
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It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
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Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
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Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
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The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
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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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Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
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Whatever is unknown is magnified.
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A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
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It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
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Nature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
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More faults are often committed while we are trying to oblige than while we are giving offense.
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People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
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No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
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