Nature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
TACITUSWhen the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
More Tacitus Quotes
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
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In all things there is a kind of law of cycles. [Lat., Rebus cunctis inest quidam velut orbis.]
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Bodies are slow of growth, but are rapid in their dissolution. [Lat., Corpora lente augescent, cito extinguuntur.]
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So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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They make a desert and call it peace.
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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it.
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They terrify lest they should fear.
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Rumor is not always wrong
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
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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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If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.
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