Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
TACITUSA man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad, will work out his ruin.
More Tacitus Quotes
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It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair through fear alone. [Lat., Fortes et strenuos etiam contra fortunam insistere, timidos et ignoros ad desperationem formidine properare.]
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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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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 worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad, will work out his ruin.
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The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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In all things there is a kind of law of cycles. [Lat., Rebus cunctis inest quidam velut orbis.]
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In all things there is a law of cycles.
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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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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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Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
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This I regard as history’s highest function, to let no worthy action be uncommemorated, and to hold out the reprobation of posterity as a terror to evil words and deeds.
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