They make solitude, which they call peace.
TACITUSA desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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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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More faults are often committed while we are trying to oblige than while we are giving offense.
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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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.
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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A cowardly populace which will dare nothing beyond talk.
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When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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Nothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.
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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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It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
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If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.
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