Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
TACITUSWhen men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
More Tacitus Quotes
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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 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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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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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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He (Tiberius) was wont to mock at the arts of physicians, and at those who, after thirty years of age, needed counsel as to what was good or bad for their bodies.
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The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
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Solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant. They make a wilderness and they call it peace.
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An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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They make a desert and call it peace.
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