Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
TACITUSValor is the contempt of death and pain.
More Tacitus Quotes
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The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes
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Experience teaches. [Lat., Experientia docet.]
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The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
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Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast.
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In all things there is a law of cycles.
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Forethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader. [Lat., Ratio et consilium, propriae ducis artes.]
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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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Even honor and virtue make enemies, condemning, as they do, their opposites by too close a contrast.
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The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
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We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
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Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue.
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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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