The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
TACITUSIn seasons of tumult and discord bad men have most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness.
More Tacitus Quotes
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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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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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Even honor and virtue make enemies, condemning, as they do, their opposites by too close a contrast.
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Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.
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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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One who is allowed to sin, sins less
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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.
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The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
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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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