The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
TACITUSSolitudinem faciunt pacem appellant. They make a wilderness and they call it peace.
More Tacitus Quotes
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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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Experience teaches. [Lat., Experientia docet.]
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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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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.
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In private enterprises men may advance or recede, whereas they who aim at empire have no alternative between the highest success and utter downfall.
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
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If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.
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We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
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Bodies are slow of growth, but are rapid in their dissolution. [Lat., Corpora lente augescent, cito extinguuntur.]
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