Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
TACITUSIt is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
More Tacitus Quotes
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes
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Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it.
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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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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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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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In valor there is hope.
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Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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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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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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