We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
TACITUSPosterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
More Tacitus Quotes
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In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again.
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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
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It is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
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Once killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.
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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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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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This I regard as history’s highest function, to let no worthy action be uncommemorated, and to hold out the reprobation of posterity as a terror to evil words and deeds.
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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
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He (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.
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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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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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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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