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.
TACITUSAbuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
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The worst hatred is that of relatives.
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
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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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Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
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Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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In all things there is a law of cycles.
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Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.
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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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Once killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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