All those things that are now field to be of the greatest antiquity were at one time new; what we to-day hold up by example will rank hereafter as precedent.
TACITUSNoble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
More Tacitus Quotes
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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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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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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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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.
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An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
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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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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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Nature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
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The task of history is to hold out for reprobation every evil word and deed, and to hold out for praise every great and noble word and deed.
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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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