Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.
TACITUSRumor is not always wrong
More Tacitus Quotes
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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Rulers always hate and suspect the next in succession. [Lat., Suspectum semper invisumque dominantibus qui proximus destinaretur.]
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
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Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others.
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Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.
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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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Rumor is not always wrong
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The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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