All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
TACITUSIt is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Whatever is unknown is magnified.
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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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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We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
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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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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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The love of fame is a love that even the wisest of men are reluctant to forgo.
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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
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Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue.
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The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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The persecution of genius fosters its influence.
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To rob, to ravage, to murder, in their imposing language, are the arts of civil policy. When they have made the world a solitude, they call it peace.
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