Flattery labors under the odious charge of servility.
TACITUSNature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.
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Solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant. They make a wilderness and they call it peace.
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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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Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
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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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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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It is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
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The love of fame is a love that even the wisest of men are reluctant to forgo.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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