Neglected, calumny soon expires, show that you are hurt, and you give it the appearance of truth.
TACITUSBottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
More Tacitus Quotes
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In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.
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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
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A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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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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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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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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Reckless adventure is the fool’s hazard.
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The word liberty has been falsely used by persons who, being degenerately profligate in private life, and mischievous in public, had no hope left but in fomenting discord.
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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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