Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
TACITUSIn seasons of tumult and discord bad men have most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness.
More Tacitus Quotes
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again.
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No one in Germany laughs at vice, nor do they call it the fashion to corrupt and to be corrupted.
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A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
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The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
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Modest fame is not to be despised by the highest characters. [Lat., Modestiae fama neque summis mortalibus spernenda est.]
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To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.
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A cowardly populace which will dare nothing beyond talk.
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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This I regard as history’s highest function, to let no worthy action be uncommemorated, and to hold out the reprobation of posterity as a terror to evil words and deeds.
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Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
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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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Experience teaches. [Lat., Experientia docet.]
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