Whatever is unknown is magnified.
TACITUSThey make a desert and call it peace.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Forethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader. [Lat., Ratio et consilium, propriae ducis artes.]
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Who the first inhabitants of Britain were, whether natives or immigrants, remains obscure; one must remember we are dealing with barbarians.
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An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
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Rumor is not always wrong
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They terrify lest they should fear.
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He (Tiberius) was wont to mock at the arts of physicians, and at those who, after thirty years of age, needed counsel as to what was good or bad for their bodies.
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The persecution of genius fosters its influence.
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Following Emporer Nero’s command, “Let the Christians be exterminated!:” . . . they [the Christians] were made the subjects of sport; they were covered with the hides of wild beasts and worried to death by dogs, or nailed to crosses or set fire to, and when the day waned, burned to serve for the evening lights.
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More faults are often committed while we are trying to oblige than while we are giving offense.
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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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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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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