Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
TACITUSKindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
More Tacitus Quotes
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The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
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Benefits received are a delight to us as long as we think we can requite them; when that possibility is far exceeded, they are repaid with hatred instead of gratitude.
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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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One who is allowed to sin, sins less
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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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A bad peace is even worse than war.
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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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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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Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
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They make a desert and call it peace.
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Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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Valor is the contempt of death and pain.
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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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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
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The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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War will of itself discover and lay open the hidden and rankling wounds of the victorious party.
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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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