This I regard as history’s highest function, to let no worthy action be uncommemorated, and to hold out the reprobation of posterity as a terror to evil words and deeds.
TACITUSFear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.
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An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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Neglected, calumny soon expires, show that you are hurt, and you give it the appearance of truth.
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To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.
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The worst hatred is that of relatives.
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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
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Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.
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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
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Such being the happiness of the times, that you may think as you wish, and speak as you think.
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In seasons of tumult and discord bad men have most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness.
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Once killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.
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We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
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