Who the first inhabitants of Britain were, whether natives or immigrants, remains obscure; one must remember we are dealing with barbarians.
TACITUSIn valor there is hope.
More Tacitus Quotes
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A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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Experience teaches. [Lat., Experientia docet.]
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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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Even honor and virtue make enemies, condemning, as they do, their opposites by too close a contrast.
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Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
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A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
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It is of eloquence as of a flame; it requires matter to feed it, and motion to excite it; and it brightens as it burns.
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