Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
TACITUSPosterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
More Tacitus Quotes
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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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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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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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Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others.
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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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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
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We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
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In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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