[That form of] eloquence, the foster-child of licence, which fools call liberty. [Lat., Eloquentia, alumna licentiae, quam stulti libertatem vocabant.]
TACITUSWar will of itself discover and lay open the hidden and rankling wounds of the victorious party.
More Tacitus Quotes
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It is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.
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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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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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More faults are often committed while we are trying to oblige than while we are giving offense.
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The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast.
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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.
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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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Neglected, calumny soon expires, show that you are hurt, and you give it the appearance of truth.
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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