Conspicuous by his absence.
TACITUSIt is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Flattery labors under the odious charge of servility.
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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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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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A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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Nothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.
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Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
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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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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
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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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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.
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