We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
TACITUSThe persecution of genius fosters its influence.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
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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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It is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.
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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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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
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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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An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
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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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Even honor and virtue make enemies, condemning, as they do, their opposites by too close a contrast.
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Nature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
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So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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To rob, to ravage, to murder, in their imposing language, are the arts of civil policy. When they have made the world a solitude, they call it peace.
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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