Quotes about Tacitus

Greater things are believed of those who are absent.

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Custom adapts itself to expediency.

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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.

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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.

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All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor...

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Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated,...

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A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing...

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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.

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A bad peace is even worse than war.

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When the state is most corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.

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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.

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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.

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