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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Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
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Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent.
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The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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Nature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
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No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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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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Even honor and virtue make enemies, condemning, as they do, their opposites by too close a contrast.
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It is found by experience that admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin in the misdeeds of others.
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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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In seasons of tumult and discord bad men have most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness.
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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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The powerful hold in deep remembrance an ill-timed pleasantry. [Lat., Facetiarum apud praepotentes in longum memoria est.]
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Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue.
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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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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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Nothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.
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In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.
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Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
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They make a desert and call it peace.
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