Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
TACITUSWe are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
More Tacitus Quotes
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[That form of] eloquence, the foster-child of licence, which fools call liberty. [Lat., Eloquentia, alumna licentiae, quam stulti libertatem vocabant.]
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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It is of eloquence as of a flame; it requires matter to feed it, and motion to excite it; and it brightens as it burns.
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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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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Valor is the contempt of death and pain.
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One who is allowed to sin, sins less
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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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Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
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The sciences throw an inexpressible grace over our compositions, even where they are not immediately concerned; as their effects are discernible where we least expect to find them.
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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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