Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
TACITUSAll those things that are now field to be of the greatest antiquity were at one time new; what we to-day hold up by example will rank hereafter as precedent.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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It is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
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Valor is the contempt of death and pain.
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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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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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None grieve so ostentatiously as those who rejoice most in heart. [Lat., Nulla jactantius moerent quam qui maxime laetantur.]
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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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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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The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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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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Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
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