Rumor is not always wrong
TACITUSIt is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
More Tacitus Quotes
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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.
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There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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Nothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.
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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
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The worst hatred is that of relatives.
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Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
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The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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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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Secure against the designs of men, secure against the malignity of the Gods, they have accomplished a thing of infinite difficulty; that to them nothing remains even to be wished.
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