The most seditious is the most cowardly.
TACITUSSolitudinem faciunt pacem appellant. They make a wilderness and they call it peace.
More Tacitus Quotes
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The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
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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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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
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The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
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There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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Once killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.
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No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
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The worst hatred is that of relatives.
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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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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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