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Cornelius Tacitus
 
Date of birth: 0056
Date of death: 0117
Country Of Origin: Roman
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   CORNELIUS TACITUS (c. 55-120), Roman historian. Tacitus, who ranks beyond dispute in the highest place among men of letters of all ages, lived through the reigns of the emperors Nero, Galba, Otho, Vitellius, Vespasian, Titus, Domitian, Nerva and Trajan. All we know of his personal history is from allusions to himself in his own works, and from eleven letters addressed to him by his very intimate friend, the younger Pliny. The exact year of his birth is a matter of inference, but it may be .... (More...)
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" A bad peace is even worse than war. "

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

Cornelius Tacitus
" A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all. "

Cornelius Tacitus
" Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it. "

Cornelius Tacitus
" 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. "

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

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

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" Custom adapts itself to expediency. "

Cornelius Tacitus
" 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. "

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" Greater things are believed of those who are absent. "

Cornelius Tacitus
" He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again. "

Cornelius Tacitus
" In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous. "

Cornelius Tacitus
" It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured. "

Cornelius Tacitus
" It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure. "

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