Tacitus Quotes
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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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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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Tacitus has written an entire work on the manners of the Germans. This work is short, but it comes from the pen of Tacitus, who was always concise, because he saw everything at a glance.
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So obscure are the greatest events, as some take for granted any hearsay, whatever its source, others turn truth into falsehood, and both errors find encouragement with posterity.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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He had talents equal to business, and aspired no higher.
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent.
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An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
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Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family.
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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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Once killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.
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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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Rumor is not always wrong.
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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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The powerful hold in deep remembrance an ill-timed pleasantry.
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Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
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In valor there is hope.
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies.
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It was rather a cessation of war than a beginning of peace.
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Modest fame is not to be despised by the highest characters.
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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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Tu vero felix, Agricola, non vitae tantum claritate, sed etiam opportunitate mortis.
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The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast.