Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
TACITUSA cowardly populace which will dare nothing beyond talk.
More Tacitus Quotes
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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A bad peace is even worse than war.
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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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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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The principal office of history I take to be this: to prevent virtuous actions from being forgotten, and that evil words and deeds should fear an infamous reputation with posterity.
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None grieve so ostentatiously as those who rejoice most in heart. [Lat., Nulla jactantius moerent quam qui maxime laetantur.]
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Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
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The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
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Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
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