The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
TACITUSIt is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Valor is the contempt of death and pain.
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In private enterprises men may advance or recede, whereas they who aim at empire have no alternative between the highest success and utter downfall.
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Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
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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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We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
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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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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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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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The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
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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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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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