Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
TACITUSIt is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.
More Tacitus Quotes
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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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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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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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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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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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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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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In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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