Secure against the designs of men, secure against the malignity of the Gods, they have accomplished a thing of infinite difficulty; that to them nothing remains even to be wished.
TACITUSSuch being the happiness of the times, that you may think as you wish, and speak as you think.
More Tacitus Quotes
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
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Following Emporer Nero’s command, “Let the Christians be exterminated!:” . . . they [the Christians] were made the subjects of sport; they were covered with the hides of wild beasts and worried to death by dogs, or nailed to crosses or set fire to, and when the day waned, burned to serve for the evening lights.
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Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it.
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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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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
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Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
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One who is allowed to sin, sins less
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Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
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The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
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