That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
TACITUSA cowardly populace which will dare nothing beyond talk.
More Tacitus Quotes
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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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None grieve so ostentatiously as those who rejoice most in heart. [Lat., Nulla jactantius moerent quam qui maxime laetantur.]
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The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
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The powerful hold in deep remembrance an ill-timed pleasantry. [Lat., Facetiarum apud praepotentes in longum memoria est.]
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We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
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Secure against the designs of men, secure against the malignity of the Gods, they have accomplished a thing of infinite difficulty; that to them nothing remains even to be wished.
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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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Who the first inhabitants of Britain were, whether natives or immigrants, remains obscure; one must remember we are dealing with barbarians.
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It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
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The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
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