All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
TACITUSA cowardly populace which will dare nothing beyond talk.
More Tacitus Quotes
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The grove is the centre of their whole religion. It is regarded as the cradle of the race and the dwelling-place of the supreme god to whom all things are subject and obedient.
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Modest fame is not to be despised by the highest characters. [Lat., Modestiae fama neque summis mortalibus spernenda est.]
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To rob, to ravage, to murder, in their imposing language, are the arts of civil policy. When they have made the world a solitude, they call it peace.
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Neglected, calumny soon expires, show that you are hurt, and you give it the appearance of truth.
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Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
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Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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Benefits received are a delight to us as long as we think we can requite them; when that possibility is far exceeded, they are repaid with hatred instead of gratitude.
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Forethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader. [Lat., Ratio et consilium, propriae ducis artes.]
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Conspicuous by his absence.
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Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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Even honor and virtue make enemies, condemning, as they do, their opposites by too close a contrast.
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We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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