The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
TACITUSVictor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
More Tacitus Quotes
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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One who is allowed to sin, sins less
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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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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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Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
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All those things that are now field to be of the greatest antiquity were at one time new; what we to-day hold up by example will rank hereafter as precedent.
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The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
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Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent.
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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes
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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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Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
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