A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
TACITUSA woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
TACITUSPosterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
TACITUSThe desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
TACITUSEven honor and virtue make enemies, condemning, as they do, their opposites by too close a contrast.
TACITUSA cowardly populace which will dare nothing beyond talk.
TACITUSAll bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
TACITUSThere are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
TACITUSIf you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.
TACITUSThe gods are on the side of the stronger.
TACITUSCustom adapts itself to expediency.
TACITUSTraitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
TACITUSTo show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
TACITUSThe love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
TACITUSChristianity is a pestilent superstition.
TACITUSSeek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
TACITUSThe more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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