We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
TACITUSIn all things there is a law of cycles.
More Tacitus Quotes
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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Nature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
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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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The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
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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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All inconsiderate enterprises are impetuous at first, but soon lanquish. [Lat., Omnia inconsulti impetus coepta, initiis valida, spatio languescunt.]
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It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
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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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The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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