War will of itself discover and lay open the hidden and rankling wounds of the victorious party.
TACITUSThe task of history is to hold out for reprobation every evil word and deed, and to hold out for praise every great and noble word and deed.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
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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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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes
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The persecution of genius fosters its influence.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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None grieve so ostentatiously as those who rejoice most in heart. [Lat., Nulla jactantius moerent quam qui maxime laetantur.]
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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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It is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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