All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
TACITUSAn eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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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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The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
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Such being the happiness of the times, that you may think as you wish, and speak as you think.
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Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
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A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
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All inconsiderate enterprises are impetuous at first, but soon lanquish. [Lat., Omnia inconsulti impetus coepta, initiis valida, spatio languescunt.]
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The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
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If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.
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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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