Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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 the contempt of death and pain.
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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 valor there is hope.
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We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
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None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
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Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure.
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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
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Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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