Rumor is not always wrong
TACITUSFormerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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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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We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
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Modest fame is not to be despised by the highest characters. [Lat., Modestiae fama neque summis mortalibus spernenda est.]
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
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The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
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An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
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The persecution of genius fosters its influence.
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None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
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If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.
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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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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.
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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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Nature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
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Forethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader. [Lat., Ratio et consilium, propriae ducis artes.]
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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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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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end.
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The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast.
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