Neglected, calumny soon expires, show that you are hurt, and you give it the appearance of truth.
TACITUSThings are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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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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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
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The principal office of history I take to be this: to prevent virtuous actions from being forgotten, and that evil words and deeds should fear an infamous reputation with posterity.
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They make a desert and call it peace.
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An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
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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.
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Whatever is unknown is magnified.
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Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
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