Who the first inhabitants of Britain were, whether natives or immigrants, remains obscure; one must remember we are dealing with barbarians.
TACITUSFear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.
More Tacitus Quotes
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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The powerful hold in deep remembrance an ill-timed pleasantry. [Lat., Facetiarum apud praepotentes in longum memoria est.]
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They make a desert and call it peace.
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It is of eloquence as of a flame; it requires matter to feed it, and motion to excite it; and it brightens as it burns.
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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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In valor there is hope.
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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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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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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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Whatever is unknown is magnified.
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The worst hatred is that of relatives.
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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.
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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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