Neglected, calumny soon expires, show that you are hurt, and you give it the appearance of truth.
TACITUSEven for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
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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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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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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Modest fame is not to be despised by the highest characters. [Lat., Modestiae fama neque summis mortalibus spernenda est.]
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Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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Even honor and virtue make enemies, condemning, as they do, their opposites by too close a contrast.
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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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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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War will of itself discover and lay open the hidden and rankling wounds of the victorious party.
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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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