Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it.
TACITUSPosterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
More Tacitus Quotes
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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
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Keen at the start, but careless at the end.
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Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure.
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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair through fear alone. [Lat., Fortes et strenuos etiam contra fortunam insistere, timidos et ignoros ad desperationem formidine properare.]
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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
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Conspicuous by his absence.
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The task of history is to hold out for reprobation every evil word and deed, and to hold out for praise every great and noble word and deed.
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Nature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
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Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
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