If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.
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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No one in Germany laughs at vice, nor do they call it the fashion to corrupt and to be corrupted.
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Forethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader. [Lat., Ratio et consilium, propriae ducis artes.]
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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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The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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So obscure are the greatest events, as some take for granted any hearsay, whatever its source, others turn truth into falsehood, and both errors find encouragement with posterity.
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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Who the first inhabitants of Britain were, whether natives or immigrants, remains obscure; one must remember we are dealing with barbarians.
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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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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end.
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