The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
TACITUSNature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
More Tacitus Quotes
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So obscure are the greatest events, as some take for granted any hearsay, whatever its source, others turn truth into falsehood, and both errors find encouragement with posterity.
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It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
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People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
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Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
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Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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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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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
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It is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
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The task of history is to hold out for reprobation every evil word and deed, and to hold out for praise every great and noble word and deed.
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They make a desert and call it peace.
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One who is allowed to sin, sins less
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All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end.
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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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No one in Germany laughs at vice, nor do they call it the fashion to corrupt and to be corrupted.
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