People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
TACITUSChristianity is a pestilent superstition.
More Tacitus Quotes
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The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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Experience teaches. [Lat., Experientia docet.]
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Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
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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 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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Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
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Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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The persecution of genius fosters its influence.
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It is found by experience that admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin in the misdeeds of others.
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