All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
TACITUSThe lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
More Tacitus Quotes
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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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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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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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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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Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
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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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We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
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Nothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.
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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure.
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The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.
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It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
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