The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
TACITUSFollowing Emporer Nero’s command, “Let the Christians be exterminated!:” . . . they [the Christians] were made the subjects of sport; they were covered with the hides of wild beasts and worried to death by dogs, or nailed to crosses or set fire to, and when the day waned, burned to serve for the evening lights.
More Tacitus Quotes
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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He (Tiberius) was wont to mock at the arts of physicians, and at those who, after thirty years of age, needed counsel as to what was good or bad for their bodies.
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Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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The grove is the centre of their whole religion. It is regarded as the cradle of the race and the dwelling-place of the supreme god to whom all things are subject and obedient.
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
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In valor there is hope.
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The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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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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Experience teaches. [Lat., Experientia docet.]
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
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