Such being the happiness of the times, that you may think as you wish, and speak as you think.
TACITUSEven for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
More Tacitus Quotes
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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others.
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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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The persecution of genius fosters its influence.
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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes
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So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
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It is of eloquence as of a flame; it requires matter to feed it, and motion to excite it; and it brightens as it burns.
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Nothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.
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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.
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In valor there is hope.
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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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