In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
TACITUSThings forbidden have a secret charm.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Conspicuous by his absence.
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Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
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Solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant. They make a wilderness and they call it peace.
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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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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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One who is allowed to sin, sins less
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Rumor is not always wrong
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Rulers always hate and suspect the next in succession. [Lat., Suspectum semper invisumque dominantibus qui proximus destinaretur.]
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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All those things that are now field to be of the greatest antiquity were at one time new; what we to-day hold up by example will rank hereafter as precedent.
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Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
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Benefits received are a delight to us as long as we think we can requite them; when that possibility is far exceeded, they are repaid with hatred instead of gratitude.
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