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Tacitus Quotes(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Wien-_Parlament-Tacitus.jpg/200px-Wien-_Parlament-Tacitus.jpg)
A senator and a historian of the Roman Empire. Publius (or Gaius) Cornelius Tacitus (AD 56 – AD 117) was a senator and a historian of the Roman Empire. The surviving portions of his two major works—the Annals and the Histories—examine the reigns of the Roman Emperors Tiberius, Claudius, Nero and those who reigned in the Year of the Four Emperors. These two works span the history of the Roman Empire from the death of Augustus in AD 14 to (presumably) the death of emperor Domitian in AD 96. There are enormous lacunae in the surviving texts, including one four books long in the Annals.
Here are some famous quotes by Tacitus.
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A bad peace is even worse than war.
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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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The worst hatred is that of relatives.
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The more corrupt the state the more laws.
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Where they make a desert they call it peace.
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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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In a state where corruption abounds laws must be very numerous.
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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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Candour and generosity unless tempered by due moderation lead to ruin.
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
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Love of fame is the last thing even learned men can bear to be parted from.
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When men are full of envy they disparage everything whether it be good or bad.
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Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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Those will be thy best friends not to whom thou hast done good but who have done good to thee.
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Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many amid great affluence are utterly miserable.
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Style like the human body is specially beautiful when the veins are not prominent and the bones cannot be counted.
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Abuse if you slight it will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated you will be thought to have deserved it.
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Prosperity is the measure or touchstone of virtue for it is less difficult to bear misfortune than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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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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Be assured those will be thy worst enemies not to whom thou hast done evil but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends not to whom thou hast done good but who have done good to thee.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.