Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
TACITUSGreater things are believed of those who are absent.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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Reason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to a leader.
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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In all things there is a law of cycles.
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He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again.
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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They terrify lest they should fear.
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The principal office of history I take to be this: to prevent virtuous actions from being forgotten, and that evil words and deeds should fear an infamous reputation with posterity.
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Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
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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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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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The grove is the centre of their whole religion. It is regarded as the cradle of the race and the dwelling-place of the supreme god to whom all things are subject and obedient.
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There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
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The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
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All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end.
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War will of itself discover and lay open the hidden and rankling wounds of the victorious party.
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The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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The persecution of genius fosters its influence.
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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Solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant. They make a wilderness and they call it peace.
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Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
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None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
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