So obscure are the greatest events, as some take for granted any hearsay, whatever its source, others turn truth into falsehood, and both errors find encouragement with posterity.
TACITUSWhen men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
More Tacitus Quotes
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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Reckless adventure is the fool’s hazard.
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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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Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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No one in Germany laughs at vice, nor do they call it the fashion to corrupt and to be corrupted.
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An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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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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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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One who is allowed to sin, sins less
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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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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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