A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
TACITUSRemedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
More Tacitus Quotes
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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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Rumor is not always wrong
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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Whatever is unknown is magnified.
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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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To rob, to ravage, to murder, in their imposing language, are the arts of civil policy. When they have made the world a solitude, they call it peace.
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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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They make a desert and call it peace.
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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
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Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
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So obscure are the greatest events, as some take for granted any hearsay, whatever its source, others turn truth into falsehood, and both errors find encouragement with posterity.
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