No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
TACITUSNone make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
More Tacitus Quotes
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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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The persecution of genius fosters its influence.
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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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Following Emporer Nero’s command, “Let the Christians be exterminated!:” . . . they [the Christians] were made the subjects of sport; they were covered with the hides of wild beasts and worried to death by dogs, or nailed to crosses or set fire to, and when the day waned, burned to serve for the evening lights.
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
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Rumor is not always wrong
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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
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Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
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Nature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
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The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.
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