Keen at the start, but careless at the end.
TACITUSOne who is allowed to sin, sins less
More Tacitus Quotes
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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The sciences throw an inexpressible grace over our compositions, even where they are not immediately concerned; as their effects are discernible where we least expect to find them.
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Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
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One who is allowed to sin, sins less
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To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.
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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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The persecution of genius fosters its influence.
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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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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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Who the first inhabitants of Britain were, whether natives or immigrants, remains obscure; one must remember we are dealing with barbarians.
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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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