When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
TACITUSFormerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
More Tacitus Quotes
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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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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
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Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
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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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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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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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Even honor and virtue make enemies, condemning, as they do, their opposites by too close a contrast.
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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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All inconsiderate enterprises are impetuous at first, but soon lanquish. [Lat., Omnia inconsulti impetus coepta, initiis valida, spatio languescunt.]
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The persecution of genius fosters its influence.
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