Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
TACITUSReckless adventure is the fool’s hazard.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.
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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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Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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A bad peace is even worse than war.
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Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue.
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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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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