Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
TACITUSA cowardly populace which will dare nothing beyond talk.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
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Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.
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The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.
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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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In valor there is hope.
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The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
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Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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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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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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