To rob, to ravage, to murder, in their imposing language, are the arts of civil policy. When they have made the world a solitude, they call it peace.
TACITUSHe that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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Valor is the contempt of death and pain.
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Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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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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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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One who is allowed to sin, sins less
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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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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Forethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader. [Lat., Ratio et consilium, propriae ducis artes.]
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It is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.
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Such being the happiness of the times, that you may think as you wish, and speak as you think.
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When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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