Secure against the designs of men, secure against the malignity of the Gods, they have accomplished a thing of infinite difficulty; that to them nothing remains even to be wished.
TACITUSThings forbidden have a secret charm.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.
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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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The word liberty has been falsely used by persons who, being degenerately profligate in private life, and mischievous in public, had no hope left but in fomenting discord.
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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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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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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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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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The powerful hold in deep remembrance an ill-timed pleasantry. [Lat., Facetiarum apud praepotentes in longum memoria est.]
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Following Emporer Nero’s command, “Let the Christians be exterminated!:” . . . they [the Christians] were made the subjects of sport; they were covered with the hides of wild beasts and worried to death by dogs, or nailed to crosses or set fire to, and when the day waned, burned to serve for the evening lights.
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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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More faults are often committed while we are trying to oblige than while we are giving offense.
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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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