Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
TACITUSTo show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Valor is the contempt of death and pain.
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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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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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Nature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
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Reckless adventure is the fool’s hazard.
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They make a desert and call it peace.
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It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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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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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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Whatever is unknown is magnified.
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Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.
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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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