That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
TACITUSThe 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.
More Tacitus Quotes
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The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
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Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.
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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others.
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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In seasons of tumult and discord bad men have most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness.
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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Valor is the contempt of death and pain.
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Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
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Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent.
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The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
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The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.
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