Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
TACITUSNo one in Germany laughs at vice, nor do they call it the fashion to corrupt and to be corrupted.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Whatever is unknown is magnified.
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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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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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The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
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Flattery labors under the odious charge of servility.
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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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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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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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