It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
TACITUSThat cannot be safe which is not honourable.
More Tacitus Quotes
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No one in Germany laughs at vice, nor do they call it the fashion to corrupt and to be corrupted.
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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
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The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast.
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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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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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They terrify lest they should fear.
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Solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant. They make a wilderness and they call it peace.
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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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