Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
TACITUSViewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Reckless adventure is the fool’s hazard.
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The grove is the centre of their whole religion. It is regarded as the cradle of the race and the dwelling-place of the supreme god to whom all things are subject and obedient.
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Neglected, calumny soon expires, show that you are hurt, and you give it the appearance of truth.
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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.
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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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Such being the happiness of the times, that you may think as you wish, and speak as you think.
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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No one in Germany laughs at vice, nor do they call it the fashion to corrupt and to be corrupted.
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A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
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Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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