To rob, to ravage, to murder, in their imposing language, are the arts of civil policy. When they have made the world a solitude, they call it peace.
TACITUSTraitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
More Tacitus Quotes
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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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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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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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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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The 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.
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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Modest fame is not to be despised by the highest characters. [Lat., Modestiae fama neque summis mortalibus spernenda est.]
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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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