Nature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
TACITUSIn stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Secure against the designs of men, secure against the malignity of the Gods, they have accomplished a thing of infinite difficulty; that to them nothing remains even to be wished.
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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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Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.
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The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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They terrify lest they should fear.
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Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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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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Valor is the contempt of death and pain.
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It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
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Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
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One who is allowed to sin, sins less
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The sciences throw an inexpressible grace over our compositions, even where they are not immediately concerned; as their effects are discernible where we least expect to find them.
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure.
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Neglected, calumny soon expires, show that you are hurt, and you give it the appearance of truth.
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We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
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When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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Rulers always hate and suspect the next in succession. [Lat., Suspectum semper invisumque dominantibus qui proximus destinaretur.]
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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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Experience teaches. [Lat., Experientia docet.]
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The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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The task of history is to hold out for reprobation every evil word and deed, and to hold out for praise every great and noble word and deed.
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