Such being the happiness of the times, that you may think as you wish, and speak as you think.
TACITUSCorruptisima republica plurimae leges.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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The worst hatred is that of relatives.
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Once killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.
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A cowardly populace which will dare nothing beyond talk.
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Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others.
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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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Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it.
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The love of fame is a love that even the wisest of men are reluctant to forgo.
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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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