The sciences throw an inexpressible grace over our compositions, even where they are not immediately concerned; as their effects are discernible where we least expect to find them.
TACITUS[That form of] eloquence, the foster-child of licence, which fools call liberty. [Lat., Eloquentia, alumna licentiae, quam stulti libertatem vocabant.]
More Tacitus Quotes
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The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair through fear alone. [Lat., Fortes et strenuos etiam contra fortunam insistere, timidos et ignoros ad desperationem formidine properare.]
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Even honor and virtue make enemies, condemning, as they do, their opposites by too close a contrast.
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Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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Experience teaches. [Lat., Experientia docet.]
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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Following Emporer Nero’s command, “Let the Christians be exterminated!:” . . . they [the Christians] were made the subjects of sport; they were covered with the hides of wild beasts and worried to death by dogs, or nailed to crosses or set fire to, and when the day waned, burned to serve for the evening lights.
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[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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