A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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More Tacitus Quotes
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Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
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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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The powerful hold in deep remembrance an ill-timed pleasantry. [Lat., Facetiarum apud praepotentes in longum memoria est.]
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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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To rob, to ravage, to murder, in their imposing language, are the arts of civil policy. When they have made the world a solitude, they call it peace.
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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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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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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue.
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