Keen at the start, but careless at the end.
TACITUSChristianity is a pestilent superstition.
More Tacitus Quotes
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To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.
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Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
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The persecution of genius fosters its influence.
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Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure.
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Rumor is not always wrong
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A bad peace is even worse than war.
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The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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Benefits received are a delight to us as long as we think we can requite them; when that possibility is far exceeded, they are repaid with hatred instead of gratitude.
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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair through fear alone. [Lat., Fortes et strenuos etiam contra fortunam insistere, timidos et ignoros ad desperationem formidine properare.]
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Rulers always hate and suspect the next in succession. [Lat., Suspectum semper invisumque dominantibus qui proximus destinaretur.]
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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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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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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