Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
TACITUSZealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Once killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.
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Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.
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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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Following Emporer Nero’s command, “Let the Christians be exterminated!:” . . . they [the Christians] were made the subjects of sport; they were covered with the hides of wild beasts and worried to death by dogs, or nailed to crosses or set fire to, and when the day waned, burned to serve for the evening lights.
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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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Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it.
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Such being the happiness of the times, that you may think as you wish, and speak as you think.
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Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.
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A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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