All those things that are now field to be of the greatest antiquity were at one time new; what we to-day hold up by example will rank hereafter as precedent.
TACITUSThe grove is the centre of their whole religion. It is regarded as the cradle of the race and the dwelling-place of the supreme god to whom all things are subject and obedient.
More Tacitus Quotes
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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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The persecution of genius fosters its influence.
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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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They make a desert and call it peace.
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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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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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This I regard as history’s highest function, to let no worthy action be uncommemorated, and to hold out the reprobation of posterity as a terror to evil words and deeds.
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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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Who the first inhabitants of Britain were, whether natives or immigrants, remains obscure; one must remember we are dealing with barbarians.
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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