Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
TACITUSIt is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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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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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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It is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.
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It is found by experience that admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin in the misdeeds of others.
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In seasons of tumult and discord bad men have most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness.
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Nothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.
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The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
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Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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Who the first inhabitants of Britain were, whether natives or immigrants, remains obscure; one must remember we are dealing with barbarians.
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