Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.
TACITUSIt is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
More Tacitus Quotes
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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The powerful hold in deep remembrance an ill-timed pleasantry. [Lat., Facetiarum apud praepotentes in longum memoria est.]
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In private enterprises men may advance or recede, whereas they who aim at empire have no alternative between the highest success and utter downfall.
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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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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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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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Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue.
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The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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In all things there is a kind of law of cycles. [Lat., Rebus cunctis inest quidam velut orbis.]
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We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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It is of eloquence as of a flame; it requires matter to feed it, and motion to excite it; and it brightens as it burns.
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
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More faults are often committed while we are trying to oblige than while we are giving offense.
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