It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
TACITUSPosterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
More Tacitus Quotes
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An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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It is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.
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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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Modest fame is not to be despised by the highest characters. [Lat., Modestiae fama neque summis mortalibus spernenda est.]
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The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
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When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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Keen at the start, but careless at the end.
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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.
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Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
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Flattery labors under the odious charge of servility.
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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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