Conspicuous by his absence.
TACITUSI am my nearest neighbour.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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Reckless adventure is the fool’s hazard.
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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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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end.
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The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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No one in Germany laughs at vice, nor do they call it the fashion to corrupt and to be corrupted.
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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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So obscure are the greatest events, as some take for granted any hearsay, whatever its source, others turn truth into falsehood, and both errors find encouragement with posterity.
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[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
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Nature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
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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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