Nature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
TACITUSMore faults are often committed while we are trying to oblige than while we are giving offense.
More Tacitus Quotes
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It is of eloquence as of a flame; it requires matter to feed it, and motion to excite it; and it brightens as it burns.
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Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
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The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes
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The persecution of genius fosters its influence.
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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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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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Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
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None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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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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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
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Even honor and virtue make enemies, condemning, as they do, their opposites by too close a contrast.
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An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair through fear alone. [Lat., Fortes et strenuos etiam contra fortunam insistere, timidos et ignoros ad desperationem formidine properare.]
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