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.
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 most seditious is the most cowardly.
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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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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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Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it.
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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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The persecution of genius fosters its influence.
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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