Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
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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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.
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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
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Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.
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Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
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Modest fame is not to be despised by the highest characters. [Lat., Modestiae fama neque summis mortalibus spernenda est.]
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Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
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[That form of] eloquence, the foster-child of licence, which fools call liberty. [Lat., Eloquentia, alumna licentiae, quam stulti libertatem vocabant.]
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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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