It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
TACITUSHe (Tiberius) was wont to mock at the arts of physicians, and at those who, after thirty years of age, needed counsel as to what was good or bad for their bodies.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue.
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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad, will work out his ruin.
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All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end.
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Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
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The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast.
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An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.
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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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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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In private enterprises men may advance or recede, whereas they who aim at empire have no alternative between the highest success and utter downfall.
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Rumor is not always wrong
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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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