It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
TACITUSThe unknown always passes for the marvellous.
More Tacitus Quotes
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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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They make a desert and call it peace.
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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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Rumor is not always wrong
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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The word liberty has been falsely used by persons who, being degenerately profligate in private life, and mischievous in public, had no hope left but in fomenting discord.
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Whatever is unknown is magnified.
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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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