Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
TACITUSAdversity deprives us of our judgment.
More Tacitus Quotes
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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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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 lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast.
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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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Neglected, calumny soon expires, show that you are hurt, and you give it the appearance of truth.
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A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad, will work out his ruin.
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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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Rumor is not always wrong
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Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
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One who is allowed to sin, sins less
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Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
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Flattery labors under the odious charge of servility.
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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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