The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
TACITUSAll bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
More Tacitus Quotes
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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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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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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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A cowardly populace which will dare nothing beyond talk.
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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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Valor is the contempt of death and pain.
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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In seasons of tumult and discord bad men have most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness.
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.
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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
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Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
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