Rumor is not always wrong
TACITUSThe 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.
More Tacitus Quotes
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A bad peace is even worse than war.
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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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Such being the happiness of the times, that you may think as you wish, and speak as you think.
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others.
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A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad, will work out his ruin.
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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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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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One who is allowed to sin, sins less
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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All inconsiderate enterprises are impetuous at first, but soon lanquish. [Lat., Omnia inconsulti impetus coepta, initiis valida, spatio languescunt.]
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To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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Benefits received are a delight to us as long as we think we can requite them; when that possibility is far exceeded, they are repaid with hatred instead of gratitude.
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