If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
TACITUSRemedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
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Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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[That form of] eloquence, the foster-child of licence, which fools call liberty. [Lat., Eloquentia, alumna licentiae, quam stulti libertatem vocabant.]
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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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In private enterprises men may advance or recede, whereas they who aim at empire have no alternative between the highest success and utter downfall.
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The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes
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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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