Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
TACITUSThings forbidden have a secret charm.
More Tacitus Quotes
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The word liberty has been falsely used by persons who, being degenerately profligate in private life, and mischievous in public, had no hope left but in fomenting discord.
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The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.
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The powerful hold in deep remembrance an ill-timed pleasantry. [Lat., Facetiarum apud praepotentes in longum memoria est.]
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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
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A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
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