Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
TACITUSValor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.
More Tacitus Quotes
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The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.
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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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The powerful hold in deep remembrance an ill-timed pleasantry. [Lat., Facetiarum apud praepotentes in longum memoria est.]
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Rumor is not always wrong
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The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
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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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I am my nearest neighbour.
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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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