That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
TACITUSRumor is not always wrong
More Tacitus Quotes
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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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War will of itself discover and lay open the hidden and rankling wounds of the victorious party.
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Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
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Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
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The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
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Such being the happiness of the times, that you may think as you wish, and speak as you think.
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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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The love of fame is a love that even the wisest of men are reluctant to forgo.
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Whatever is unknown is magnified.
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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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Bodies are slow of growth, but are rapid in their dissolution. [Lat., Corpora lente augescent, cito extinguuntur.]
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