Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
TACITUSCruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
More Tacitus Quotes
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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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The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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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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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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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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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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The task of history is to hold out for reprobation every evil word and deed, and to hold out for praise every great and noble word and deed.
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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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Experience teaches. [Lat., Experientia docet.]
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