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.
TACITUSChristianity is a pestilent superstition.
More Tacitus Quotes
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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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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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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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.
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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
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It is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
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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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