Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
TACITUSWe accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
More Tacitus Quotes
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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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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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The principal office of history I take to be this: to prevent virtuous actions from being forgotten, and that evil words and deeds should fear an infamous reputation with posterity.
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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Rumor is not always wrong
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Nature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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Even honor and virtue make enemies, condemning, as they do, their opposites by too close a contrast.
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Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
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One who is allowed to sin, sins less
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Solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant. They make a wilderness and they call it peace.
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[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
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The persecution of genius fosters its influence.
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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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The task of history is to hold out for reprobation every evil word and deed, and to hold out for praise every great and noble word and deed.
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