One who is allowed to sin, sins less
TACITUSNone make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
More Tacitus Quotes
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They terrify lest they should fear.
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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
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It is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
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It is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.
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Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
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When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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The love of fame is a love that even the wisest of men are reluctant to forgo.
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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Neglected, calumny soon expires, show that you are hurt, and you give it the appearance of truth.
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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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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.
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