Such being the happiness of the times, that you may think as you wish, and speak as you think.
TACITUSCrime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
More Tacitus Quotes
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[That form of] eloquence, the foster-child of licence, which fools call liberty. [Lat., Eloquentia, alumna licentiae, quam stulti libertatem vocabant.]
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In private enterprises men may advance or recede, whereas they who aim at empire have no alternative between the highest success and utter downfall.
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Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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Neglected, calumny soon expires, show that you are hurt, and you give it the appearance of truth.
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In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.
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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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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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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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Who the first inhabitants of Britain were, whether natives or immigrants, remains obscure; one must remember we are dealing with barbarians.
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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In all things there is a kind of law of cycles. [Lat., Rebus cunctis inest quidam velut orbis.]
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Following Emporer Nero’s command, “Let the Christians be exterminated!:” . . . they [the Christians] were made the subjects of sport; they were covered with the hides of wild beasts and worried to death by dogs, or nailed to crosses or set fire to, and when the day waned, burned to serve for the evening lights.
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