In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
TACITUSAn eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue.
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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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This I regard as history’s highest function, to let no worthy action be uncommemorated, and to hold out the reprobation of posterity as a terror to evil words and deeds.
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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes
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Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.
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[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
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Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
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All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end.
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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Rumor is not always wrong
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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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Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
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