They terrify lest they should fear.
TACITUSFalsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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The sciences throw an inexpressible grace over our compositions, even where they are not immediately concerned; as their effects are discernible where we least expect to find them.
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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
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People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
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A bad peace is even worse than war.
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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent.
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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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In valor there is hope.
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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
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