To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
TACITUSIf you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.
More Tacitus Quotes
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In all things there is a kind of law of cycles. [Lat., Rebus cunctis inest quidam velut orbis.]
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A cowardly populace which will dare nothing beyond talk.
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They make a desert and call it peace.
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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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Modest fame is not to be despised by the highest characters. [Lat., Modestiae fama neque summis mortalibus spernenda est.]
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Once killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.
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Nothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.
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When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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Reckless adventure is the fool’s hazard.
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Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
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Rulers always hate and suspect the next in succession. [Lat., Suspectum semper invisumque dominantibus qui proximus destinaretur.]
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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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