Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.
TACITUSLiberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
More Tacitus Quotes
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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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The grove is the centre of their whole religion. It is regarded as the cradle of the race and the dwelling-place of the supreme god to whom all things are subject and obedient.
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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Keen at the start, but careless at the end.
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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Such being the happiness of the times, that you may think as you wish, and speak as you think.
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The powerful hold in deep remembrance an ill-timed pleasantry. [Lat., Facetiarum apud praepotentes in longum memoria est.]
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Experience teaches. [Lat., Experientia docet.]
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In all things there is a kind of law of cycles. [Lat., Rebus cunctis inest quidam velut orbis.]
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The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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