Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
TACITUSNoble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
More Tacitus Quotes
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
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The principal office of history I take to be this: to prevent virtuous actions from being forgotten, and that evil words and deeds should fear an infamous reputation with posterity.
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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
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It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
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They make a desert and call it peace.
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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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Rumor is not always wrong
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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Keen at the start, but careless at the end.
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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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