It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
TACITUSIt is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
More Tacitus Quotes
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A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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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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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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Rulers always hate and suspect the next in succession. [Lat., Suspectum semper invisumque dominantibus qui proximus destinaretur.]
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It is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
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The sciences throw an inexpressible grace over our compositions, even where they are not immediately concerned; as their effects are discernible where we least expect to find them.
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair through fear alone. [Lat., Fortes et strenuos etiam contra fortunam insistere, timidos et ignoros ad desperationem formidine properare.]
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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He (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.
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None grieve so ostentatiously as those who rejoice most in heart. [Lat., Nulla jactantius moerent quam qui maxime laetantur.]
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It is found by experience that admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin in the misdeeds of others.
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