People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
TACITUSIf we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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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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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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One who is allowed to sin, sins less
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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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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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
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Rumor is not always wrong
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In seasons of tumult and discord bad men have most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness.
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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Forethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader. [Lat., Ratio et consilium, propriae ducis artes.]
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There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
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So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.
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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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The sciences throw an inexpressible grace over our compositions, even where they are not immediately concerned; as their effects are discernible where we least expect to find them.
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When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
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