So obscure are the greatest events, as some take for granted any hearsay, whatever its source, others turn truth into falsehood, and both errors find encouragement with posterity.
TACITUSSecure against the designs of men, secure against the malignity of the Gods, they have accomplished a thing of infinite difficulty; that to them nothing remains even to be wished.
More Tacitus Quotes
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A bad peace is even worse than war.
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Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
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When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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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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Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure.
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The worst hatred is that of relatives.
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So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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One who is allowed to sin, sins less
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Reckless adventure is the fool’s hazard.
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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