To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.
TACITUSBottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
More Tacitus Quotes
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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
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None grieve so ostentatiously as those who rejoice most in heart. [Lat., Nulla jactantius moerent quam qui maxime laetantur.]
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Flattery labors under the odious charge of servility.
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The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes
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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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Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
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One who is allowed to sin, sins less
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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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Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.
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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.
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