Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
TACITUSKindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
More Tacitus Quotes
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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
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It is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.
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Conspicuous by his absence.
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Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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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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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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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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