When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
TACITUSIt is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
More Tacitus Quotes
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The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast.
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We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
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In valor there is hope.
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
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No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
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The persecution of genius fosters its influence.
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Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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