None grieve so ostentatiously as those who rejoice most in heart. [Lat., Nulla jactantius moerent quam qui maxime laetantur.]
TACITUSA shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
More Tacitus Quotes
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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It is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.
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Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
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Reason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to a leader.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
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The grove is the centre of their whole religion. It is regarded as the cradle of the race and the dwelling-place of the supreme god to whom all things are subject and obedient.
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Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.
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Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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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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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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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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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
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