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Tacitus Quotes
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Bodies are slow of growth, but are rapid in their dissolution (Tacitus Quotes)
Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay (Tacitus Quotes)
Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence (Tacitus Quotes)
Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence (Tacitus Quotes)
A peace may be so wretched as not to be ill exchanged for war (Tacitus Quotes)
It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion (Tacitus Quotes)
In the struggle between those seeking power there in no middle course (Tacitus Quotes)
One who sets off to the best advantage his every act and speech (Tacitus Quotes)
Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose (Tacitus Quotes)
It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured (Tacitus Quotes)
Modest fame is not to be despised by the highest characters (Tacitus Quotes)
Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man (Tacitus Quotes)
None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted (Tacitus Quotes)
The hatred of persons related to each other is the most violent (Tacitus Quotes)
All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome (Tacitus Quotes)
Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin (Tacitus Quotes)
Custom adapts itself to expediency (Tacitus Quotes)
Greater things are believed of those who are absent (Tacitus Quotes)
In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous (Tacitus Quotes)
It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure (Tacitus Quotes)
No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor (Tacitus Quotes)
Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor (Tacitus Quotes)
The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws (Tacitus Quotes)
Things forbidden have a secret charm (Tacitus Quotes)
Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir (Tacitus Quotes)
To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it (Tacitus Quotes)
Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty (Tacitus Quotes)
Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement (Tacitus Quotes)
When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing (Tacitus Quotes)
When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad (Tacitus Quotes)