Whatever is unknown is magnified.
TACITUSAll those things that are now field to be of the greatest antiquity were at one time new; what we to-day hold up by example will rank hereafter as precedent.
More Tacitus Quotes
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In all things there is a law of cycles.
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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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Conspicuous by his absence.
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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
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The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.
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Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
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A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.
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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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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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Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent.
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An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair through fear alone. [Lat., Fortes et strenuos etiam contra fortunam insistere, timidos et ignoros ad desperationem formidine properare.]
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