The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
TACITUSPeople flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
More Tacitus Quotes
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[That form of] eloquence, the foster-child of licence, which fools call liberty. [Lat., Eloquentia, alumna licentiae, quam stulti libertatem vocabant.]
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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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The task of history is to hold out for reprobation every evil word and deed, and to hold out for praise every great and noble word and deed.
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.
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All those things that are now field to be of the greatest antiquity were at one time new; what we to-day hold up by example will rank hereafter as precedent.
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Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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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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One who is allowed to sin, sins less
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All inconsiderate enterprises are impetuous at first, but soon lanquish. [Lat., Omnia inconsulti impetus coepta, initiis valida, spatio languescunt.]
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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In valor there is hope.
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