The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
TACITUSThey terrify lest they should fear.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.
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Solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant. They make a wilderness and they call it peace.
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Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
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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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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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It is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
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