The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
TACITUSThe unknown always passes for the marvellous.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent.
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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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 worst hatred is that of relatives.
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In all things there is a kind of law of cycles. [Lat., Rebus cunctis inest quidam velut orbis.]
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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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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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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It is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
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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 valor there is hope.
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The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
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The principal office of history I take to be this: to prevent virtuous actions from being forgotten, and that evil words and deeds should fear an infamous reputation with posterity.
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