A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
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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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
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One who is allowed to sin, sins less
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There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
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Bodies are slow of growth, but are rapid in their dissolution. [Lat., Corpora lente augescent, cito extinguuntur.]
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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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A bad peace is even worse than war.
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent.
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The sciences throw an inexpressible grace over our compositions, even where they are not immediately concerned; as their effects are discernible where we least expect to find them.
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If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.
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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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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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Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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