Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
TACITUSThe persecution of genius fosters its influence.
More Tacitus Quotes
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
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Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
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All inconsiderate enterprises are impetuous at first, but soon lanquish. [Lat., Omnia inconsulti impetus coepta, initiis valida, spatio languescunt.]
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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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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None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
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Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
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Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent.
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
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