Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
TACITUSValor is the contempt of death and pain.
More Tacitus Quotes
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In all things there is a law of cycles.
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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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Following Emporer Nero’s command, “Let the Christians be exterminated!:” . . . they [the Christians] were made the subjects of sport; they were covered with the hides of wild beasts and worried to death by dogs, or nailed to crosses or set fire to, and when the day waned, burned to serve for the evening lights.
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In private enterprises men may advance or recede, whereas they who aim at empire have no alternative between the highest success and utter downfall.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
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The grove is the centre of their whole religion. It is regarded as the cradle of the race and the dwelling-place of the supreme god to whom all things are subject and obedient.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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More faults are often committed while we are trying to oblige than while we are giving offense.
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Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
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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 a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
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The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.
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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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He (Tiberius) was wont to mock at the arts of physicians, and at those who, after thirty years of age, needed counsel as to what was good or bad for their bodies.
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They make a desert and call it peace.
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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
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Modest fame is not to be despised by the highest characters. [Lat., Modestiae fama neque summis mortalibus spernenda est.]
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The principal office of history I take to be this: to prevent virtuous actions from being forgotten, and that evil words and deeds should fear an infamous reputation with posterity.
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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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