A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
TACITUSMany who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
More Tacitus Quotes
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War will of itself discover and lay open the hidden and rankling wounds of the victorious party.
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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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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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Rulers always hate and suspect the next in succession. [Lat., Suspectum semper invisumque dominantibus qui proximus destinaretur.]
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Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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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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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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They terrify lest they should fear.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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