Who the first inhabitants of Britain were, whether natives or immigrants, remains obscure; one must remember we are dealing with barbarians.
TACITUSNone grieve so ostentatiously as those who rejoice most in heart. [Lat., Nulla jactantius moerent quam qui maxime laetantur.]
More Tacitus Quotes
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To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.
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Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.
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One who is allowed to sin, sins less
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Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.
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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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The principal office of history I take to be this: to prevent virtuous actions from being forgotten, and that evil words and deeds should fear an infamous reputation with posterity.
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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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Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
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This I regard as history’s highest function, to let no worthy action be uncommemorated, and to hold out the reprobation of posterity as a terror to evil words and deeds.
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The sciences throw an inexpressible grace over our compositions, even where they are not immediately concerned; as their effects are discernible where we least expect to find them.
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Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue.
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He (Tiberius) was wont to mock at the arts of physicians, and at those who, after thirty years of age, needed counsel as to what was good or bad for their bodies.
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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it.
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