Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
TACITUSFlattery labors under the odious charge of servility.
More Tacitus Quotes
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The grove is the centre of their whole religion. It is regarded as the cradle of the race and the dwelling-place of the supreme god to whom all things are subject and obedient.
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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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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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Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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To rob, to ravage, to murder, in their imposing language, are the arts of civil policy. When they have made the world a solitude, they call it peace.
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
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Conspicuous by his absence.
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
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Once killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.
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We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.
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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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