A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
TACITUSTo show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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Valor is the contempt of death and pain.
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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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Conspicuous by his absence.
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The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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They terrify lest they should fear.
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The love of fame is a love that even the wisest of men are reluctant to forgo.
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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