It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
TACITUSNo hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
More Tacitus Quotes
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To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.
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Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
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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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He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again.
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The persecution of genius fosters its influence.
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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
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Who the first inhabitants of Britain were, whether natives or immigrants, remains obscure; one must remember we are dealing with barbarians.
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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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The task of history is to hold out for reprobation every evil word and deed, and to hold out for praise every great and noble word and deed.
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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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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
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It is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
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Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.
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