Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
TACITUSAn honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
More Tacitus Quotes
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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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No one in Germany laughs at vice, nor do they call it the fashion to corrupt and to be corrupted.
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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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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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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
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None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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Rumor is not always wrong
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
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