[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
TACITUSHe (Tiberius) was wont to mock at the arts of physicians, and at those who, after thirty years of age, needed counsel as to what was good or bad for their bodies.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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Valor is the contempt of death and pain.
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In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent.
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Whatever is unknown is magnified.
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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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Rumor is not always wrong
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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Even honor and virtue make enemies, condemning, as they do, their opposites by too close a contrast.
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Bodies are slow of growth, but are rapid in their dissolution. [Lat., Corpora lente augescent, cito extinguuntur.]
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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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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.
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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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