Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
TACITUSThe grove is the centre of their whole religion. It is regarded as the cradle of the race and the dwelling-place of the supreme god to whom all things are subject and obedient.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
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We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
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None grieve so ostentatiously as those who rejoice most in heart. [Lat., Nulla jactantius moerent quam qui maxime laetantur.]
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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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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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This I regard as history’s highest function, to let no worthy action be uncommemorated, and to hold out the reprobation of posterity as a terror to evil words and deeds.
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To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.
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One who is allowed to sin, sins less
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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
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Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
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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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No one in Germany laughs at vice, nor do they call it the fashion to corrupt and to be corrupted.
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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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