The powerful hold in deep remembrance an ill-timed pleasantry. [Lat., Facetiarum apud praepotentes in longum memoria est.]
TACITUSEverything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
More Tacitus Quotes
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
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We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
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If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.
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He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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So obscure are the greatest events, as some take for granted any hearsay, whatever its source, others turn truth into falsehood, and both errors find encouragement with posterity.
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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They make a desert and call it peace.
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It is of eloquence as of a flame; it requires matter to feed it, and motion to excite it; and it brightens as it burns.
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