I am my nearest neighbour.
TACITUSModest fame is not to be despised by the highest characters. [Lat., Modestiae fama neque summis mortalibus spernenda est.]
More Tacitus Quotes
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent.
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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All inconsiderate enterprises are impetuous at first, but soon lanquish. [Lat., Omnia inconsulti impetus coepta, initiis valida, spatio languescunt.]
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Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
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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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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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Reckless adventure is the fool’s hazard.
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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