Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.
TACITUSPosterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
More Tacitus Quotes
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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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Keen at the start, but careless at the end.
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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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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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The worst hatred is that of relatives.
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Rulers always hate and suspect the next in succession. [Lat., Suspectum semper invisumque dominantibus qui proximus destinaretur.]
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To rob, to ravage, to murder, in their imposing language, are the arts of civil policy. When they have made the world a solitude, they call it peace.
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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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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
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It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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He (Tiberius) was wont to mock at the arts of physicians, and at those who, after thirty years of age, needed counsel as to what was good or bad for their bodies.
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