Who the first inhabitants of Britain were, whether natives or immigrants, remains obscure; one must remember we are dealing with barbarians.
TACITUSThe changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
More Tacitus Quotes
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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent.
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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.
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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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It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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They make a desert and call it peace.
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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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No one in Germany laughs at vice, nor do they call it the fashion to corrupt and to be corrupted.
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In seasons of tumult and discord bad men have most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness.
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The sciences throw an inexpressible grace over our compositions, even where they are not immediately concerned; as their effects are discernible where we least expect to find them.
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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The worst hatred is that of relatives.
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