An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
TACITUSRumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
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Following Emporer Nero’s command, “Let the Christians be exterminated!:” . . . they [the Christians] were made the subjects of sport; they were covered with the hides of wild beasts and worried to death by dogs, or nailed to crosses or set fire to, and when the day waned, burned to serve for the evening lights.
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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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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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[That form of] eloquence, the foster-child of licence, which fools call liberty. [Lat., Eloquentia, alumna licentiae, quam stulti libertatem vocabant.]
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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
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Keen at the start, but careless at the end.
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Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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Neglected, calumny soon expires, show that you are hurt, and you give it the appearance of truth.
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