Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
TACITUSValor is the contempt of death and pain.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
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Following Emporer Nero’s command, “Let the Christians be exterminated!:” . . . they [the Christians] were made the subjects of sport; they were covered with the hides of wild beasts and worried to death by dogs, or nailed to crosses or set fire to, and when the day waned, burned to serve for the evening lights.
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In private enterprises men may advance or recede, whereas they who aim at empire have no alternative between the highest success and utter downfall.
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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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In all things there is a law of cycles.
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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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No one in Germany laughs at vice, nor do they call it the fashion to corrupt and to be corrupted.
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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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Bodies are slow of growth, but are rapid in their dissolution. [Lat., Corpora lente augescent, cito extinguuntur.]
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Once killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.
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In valor there is hope.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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