Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
TACITUSPosterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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A cowardly populace which will dare nothing beyond talk.
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No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
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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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The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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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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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
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