Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
TACITUSNo one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
More Tacitus Quotes
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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The task of history is to hold out for reprobation every evil word and deed, and to hold out for praise every great and noble word and deed.
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The principal office of history I take to be this: to prevent virtuous actions from being forgotten, and that evil words and deeds should fear an infamous reputation with posterity.
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There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
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Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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The word liberty has been falsely used by persons who, being degenerately profligate in private life, and mischievous in public, had no hope left but in fomenting discord.
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The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue.
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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