Such being the happiness of the times, that you may think as you wish, and speak as you think.
TACITUSNoble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
More Tacitus Quotes
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The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
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None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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Nothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.
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People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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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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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
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Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes
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The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
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The persecution of genius fosters its influence.
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