When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
TACITUS[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
More Tacitus Quotes
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There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
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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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Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
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War will of itself discover and lay open the hidden and rankling wounds of the victorious party.
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Conspicuous by his absence.
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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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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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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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Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
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An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
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Benefits received are a delight to us as long as we think we can requite them; when that possibility is far exceeded, they are repaid with hatred instead of gratitude.
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The worst hatred is that of relatives.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.
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Reckless adventure is the fool’s hazard.
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