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· <blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/7108/">Quotes by <em>Tacitus, Publius Cornelius</em></a></blockquote><br> From <a href="http://quotationsbook.com">Quotations Book</a> ·

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

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"We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched."

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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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"To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace."

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"Custom adapts itself to expediency."

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"The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign."

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"The hatred of relatives is the most violent."

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"Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors."

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"Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor."

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"Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood."

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