Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
TACITUSWhen men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Conspicuous by his absence.
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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
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To rob, to ravage, to murder, in their imposing language, are the arts of civil policy. When they have made the world a solitude, they call it peace.
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The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
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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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He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again.
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Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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In all things there is a law of cycles.
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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
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Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
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No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
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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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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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