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.
TACITUSThey make a desert and call it peace.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Nature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
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Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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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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A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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In valor there is hope.
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Reason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to a leader.
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Nothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.
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In all things there is a law of cycles.
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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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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
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A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad, will work out his ruin.
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The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
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Valor is the contempt of death and pain.
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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
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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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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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Once killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.
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