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.
TACITUSIn all things there is a kind of law of cycles. [Lat., Rebus cunctis inest quidam velut orbis.]
More Tacitus Quotes
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Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
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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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The grove is the centre of their whole religion. It is regarded as the cradle of the race and the dwelling-place of the supreme god to whom all things are subject and obedient.
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Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair through fear alone. [Lat., Fortes et strenuos etiam contra fortunam insistere, timidos et ignoros ad desperationem formidine properare.]
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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it.
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If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.
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A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad, will work out his ruin.
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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
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War will of itself discover and lay open the hidden and rankling wounds of the victorious party.
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People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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It is found by experience that admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin in the misdeeds of others.
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[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
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The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
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