Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
TACITUSChristianity is a pestilent superstition.
More Tacitus Quotes
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.
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Conspicuous by his absence.
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If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.
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Such being the happiness of the times, that you may think as you wish, and speak as you think.
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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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Bodies are slow of growth, but are rapid in their dissolution. [Lat., Corpora lente augescent, cito extinguuntur.]
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Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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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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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
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