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More quotes by Tacitus
We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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Whatever is unknown is magnified.
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Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges.
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Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.
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An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life. [Lat., Honesta mors turpi vita potior.]
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He (Tiberius) was wont to mock at the arts of physicians, and at those who, after thirty years of age, needed counsel as to what was good or bad for their bodies.
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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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Flattery labors under the odious charge of servility.
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No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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It is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end.
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Following Emporer Nero's command, Let the Christians be exterminated!: . . . they [the Christians] were made the subjects of sport they were covered with the hides of wild beasts and worried to death by dogs, or nailed to crosses or set fire to, and when the day waned, burned to serve for the evening lights.
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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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