Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
TACITUSIt is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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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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Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent.
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When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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They terrify lest they should fear.
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None grieve so ostentatiously as those who rejoice most in heart. [Lat., Nulla jactantius moerent quam qui maxime laetantur.]
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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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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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
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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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Experience teaches. [Lat., Experientia docet.]
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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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