Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
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 task of history is to hold out for reprobation every evil word and deed, and to hold out for praise every great and noble word and deed.
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
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The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
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The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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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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He (Tiberius) was wont to mock at the arts of physicians, and at those who, after thirty years of age, needed counsel as to what was good or bad for their bodies.
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Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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