In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
TACITUSAll things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair through fear alone. [Lat., Fortes et strenuos etiam contra fortunam insistere, timidos et ignoros ad desperationem formidine properare.]
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Flattery labors under the odious charge of servility.
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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
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The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
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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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Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent.
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Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
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A bad peace is even worse than war.
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The task of history is to hold out for reprobation every evil word and deed, and to hold out for praise every great and noble word and deed.
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Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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The sciences throw an inexpressible grace over our compositions, even where they are not immediately concerned; as their effects are discernible where we least expect to find them.
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Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
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