Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
TACITUS[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
More Tacitus Quotes
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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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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 brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair through fear alone. [Lat., Fortes et strenuos etiam contra fortunam insistere, timidos et ignoros ad desperationem formidine properare.]
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Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.
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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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Neglected, calumny soon expires, show that you are hurt, and you give it the appearance of truth.
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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More faults are often committed while we are trying to oblige than while we are giving offense.
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In seasons of tumult and discord bad men have most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness.
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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Whatever is unknown is magnified.
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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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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.
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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
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