To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
TACITUSIt is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.
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All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end.
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The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
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Such being the happiness of the times, that you may think as you wish, and speak as you think.
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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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Solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant. They make a wilderness and they call it peace.
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War will of itself discover and lay open the hidden and rankling wounds of the victorious party.
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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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Benefits received are a delight to us as long as we think we can requite them; when that possibility is far exceeded, they are repaid with hatred instead of gratitude.
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The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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