None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
TACITUSConspicuous by his absence.
More Tacitus Quotes
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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 love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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Rumor is not always wrong
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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The task of history is to hold out for reprobation every evil word and deed, and to hold out for praise every great and noble word and deed.
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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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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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