Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it.
TACITUSFalsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
More Tacitus Quotes
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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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The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
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The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
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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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Valor is the contempt of death and pain.
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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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Keen at the start, but careless at the end.
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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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In all things there is a law of cycles.
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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