The love of fame is a love that even the wisest of men are reluctant to forgo. — Tacitus Copy Share Image
Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so. — Tacitus Copy Share Image
Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family — Tacitus Copy Share Image
None mourn more ostentatiously than those who most rejoice at it [a death]. — Tacitus Copy Share Image
Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others. — Tacitus Copy Share Image
It is of eloquence as of a flame; it requires matter to feed it, and motion to excite it; and it brightens… — Tacitus Copy Share Image
A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it. — Tacitus Copy Share Image
The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all. — Tacitus Copy Share Image
Benefits received are a delight to us as long as we think we can requite them; when that possibility is far exceeded, they are… — Tacitus Copy Share
So true is it that all transactions of preeminent importance are wrapt in doubt and obscurity; while some hold for certain facts the most… — Tacitus Copy Share
Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those… — Tacitus Copy Share
Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others. — Tacitus Copy Share
None mourn more ostentatiously over the death of Germanicus than those who most rejoice at it [a death]. — Tacitus Copy Share
The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast. — Tacitus Copy Share
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