That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
TACITUSI am my nearest neighbour.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Keen at the start, but careless at the end.
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Solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant. They make a wilderness and they call it peace.
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Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
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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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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
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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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People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
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None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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None grieve so ostentatiously as those who rejoice most in heart. [Lat., Nulla jactantius moerent quam qui maxime laetantur.]
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
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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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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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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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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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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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