Such being the happiness of the times, that you may think as you wish, and speak as you think.
TACITUSThings are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
More Tacitus Quotes
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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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Once killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.
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The worst hatred is that of relatives.
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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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Who the first inhabitants of Britain were, whether natives or immigrants, remains obscure; one must remember we are dealing with barbarians.
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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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This I regard as history’s highest function, to let no worthy action be uncommemorated, and to hold out the reprobation of posterity as a terror to evil words and deeds.
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind 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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Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.
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Experience teaches. [Lat., Experientia docet.]
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There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
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Rumor is not always wrong
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Reckless adventure is the fool’s hazard.
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