Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.
TACITUSLiberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
More Tacitus Quotes
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The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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Neglected, calumny soon expires, show that you are hurt, and you give it the appearance of truth.
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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
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It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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A bad peace is even worse than war.
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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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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
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