That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
TACITUSIt is of eloquence as of a flame; it requires matter to feed it, and motion to excite it; and it brightens as it burns.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
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In seasons of tumult and discord bad men have most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness.
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Nature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
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Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
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Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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In all things there is a law of cycles.
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So obscure are the greatest events, as some take for granted any hearsay, whatever its source, others turn truth into falsehood, and both errors find encouragement with posterity.
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Neglected, calumny soon expires, show that you are hurt, and you give it the appearance of truth.
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Nothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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