Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
TACITUSChristianity is a pestilent superstition.
More Tacitus Quotes
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It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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Solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant. They make a wilderness and they call it peace.
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All inconsiderate enterprises are impetuous at first, but soon lanquish. [Lat., Omnia inconsulti impetus coepta, initiis valida, spatio languescunt.]
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In valor there is hope.
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In all things there is a kind of law of cycles. [Lat., Rebus cunctis inest quidam velut orbis.]
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[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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Nature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
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Keen at the start, but careless at the end.
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