There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
TACITUSAdversity deprives us of our judgment.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Once killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.
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Modest fame is not to be despised by the highest characters. [Lat., Modestiae fama neque summis mortalibus spernenda est.]
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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
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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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Rumor is not always wrong
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They make a desert and call it peace.
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
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When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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So obscure are the greatest events, as some take for granted any hearsay, whatever its source, others turn truth into falsehood, and both errors find encouragement with posterity.
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