The gods are on the side of the stronger.
TACITUSSeek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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It is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair through fear alone. [Lat., Fortes et strenuos etiam contra fortunam insistere, timidos et ignoros ad desperationem formidine properare.]
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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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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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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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It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
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Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue.
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Whatever is unknown is magnified.
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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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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
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So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
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There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
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The love of fame is a love that even the wisest of men are reluctant to forgo.
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The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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A bad peace is even worse than war.
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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Bodies are slow of growth, but are rapid in their dissolution. [Lat., Corpora lente augescent, cito extinguuntur.]
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All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end.
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The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
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The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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