It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
TACITUSSo as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
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The worst hatred is that of relatives.
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Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
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Conspicuous by his absence.
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Whatever is unknown is magnified.
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The love of fame is a love that even the wisest of men are reluctant to forgo.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
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Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
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An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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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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It is found by experience that admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin in the misdeeds of others.
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A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
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