When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
TACITUSThings forbidden have a secret charm.
More Tacitus Quotes
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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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We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others.
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They make a desert and call it peace.
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Experience teaches. [Lat., Experientia docet.]
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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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War will of itself discover and lay open the hidden and rankling wounds of the victorious party.
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Rumor is not always wrong
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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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Such being the happiness of the times, that you may think as you wish, and speak as you think.
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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
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The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
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A bad peace is even worse than war.
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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.
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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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The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes
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