All those things that are now field to be of the greatest antiquity were at one time new; what we to-day hold up by example will rank hereafter as precedent.
TACITUSPosterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Secure against the designs of men, secure against the malignity of the Gods, they have accomplished a thing of infinite difficulty; that to them nothing remains even to be wished.
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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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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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All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse 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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Reason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to a leader.
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The powerful hold in deep remembrance an ill-timed pleasantry. [Lat., Facetiarum apud praepotentes in longum memoria est.]
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The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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Valor is the contempt of death and pain.
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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
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Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
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[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
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