Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
TACITUSPosterity will pay everyone their due.
More Tacitus Quotes
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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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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
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The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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The word liberty has been falsely used by persons who, being degenerately profligate in private life, and mischievous in public, had no hope left but in fomenting discord.
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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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The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast.
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An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
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The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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They make a desert and call it peace.
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Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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