It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
TACITUSOne who is allowed to sin, sins less
More Tacitus Quotes
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An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
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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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It is found by experience that admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin in the misdeeds of others.
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Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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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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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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Valor is the contempt of death and pain.
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Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent.
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Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
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Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
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