In all things there is a law of cycles.
TACITUSA woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
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So obscure are the greatest events, as some take for granted any hearsay, whatever its source, others turn truth into falsehood, and both errors find encouragement with posterity.
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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
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All those things that are now field to be of the greatest antiquity were at one time new; what we to-day hold up by example will rank hereafter as precedent.
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A bad peace is even worse than war.
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
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Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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They make a desert and call it peace.
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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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It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
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Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure.
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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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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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