The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
TACITUSThe most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Nature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
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In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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None grieve so ostentatiously as those who rejoice most in heart. [Lat., Nulla jactantius moerent quam qui maxime laetantur.]
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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No one in Germany laughs at vice, nor do they call it the fashion to corrupt and to be corrupted.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.
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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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The task of history is to hold out for reprobation every evil word and deed, and to hold out for praise every great and noble word and deed.
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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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