That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
TACITUSIt is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
More Tacitus Quotes
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So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
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A cowardly populace which will dare nothing beyond talk.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad, will work out his ruin.
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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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Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.
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Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.
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The worst hatred is that of relatives.
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Conspicuous by his absence.
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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
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