They make solitude, which they call peace.
TACITUSBy general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
More Tacitus Quotes
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More faults are often committed while we are trying to oblige than while we are giving offense.
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When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
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The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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The sciences throw an inexpressible grace over our compositions, even where they are not immediately concerned; as their effects are discernible where we least expect to find them.
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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Conspicuous by his absence.
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Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.
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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure.
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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
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In valor there is hope.
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He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again.
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We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
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