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.
TACITUSFalsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
More Tacitus Quotes
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They terrify lest they should fear.
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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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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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
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Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent.
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
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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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