Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
TACITUSThings forbidden have a secret charm.
More Tacitus Quotes
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In seasons of tumult and discord bad men have most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness.
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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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They make a desert and call it peace.
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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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Experience teaches. [Lat., Experientia docet.]
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A cowardly populace which will dare nothing beyond talk.
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Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
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Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
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It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
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