In all things there is a law of cycles.
TACITUSThe brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.
More Tacitus Quotes
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In seasons of tumult and discord bad men have most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness.
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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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Once killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.
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Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
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Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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Modest fame is not to be despised by the highest characters. [Lat., Modestiae fama neque summis mortalibus spernenda est.]
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In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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This I regard as history’s highest function, to let no worthy action be uncommemorated, and to hold out the reprobation of posterity as a terror to evil words and deeds.
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One who is allowed to sin, sins less
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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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Solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant. They make a wilderness and they call it peace.
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When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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