Whatever is unknown is magnified.
TACITUSMore faults are often committed while we are trying to oblige than while we are giving offense.
More Tacitus Quotes
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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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No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
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A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad, will work out his ruin.
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The persecution of genius fosters its influence.
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It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
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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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So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
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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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Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
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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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Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
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Conspicuous by his absence.
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Flattery labors under the odious charge of servility.
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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