To rob, to ravage, to murder, in their imposing language, are the arts of civil policy. When they have made the world a solitude, they call it peace.
TACITUSTo rob, to ravage, to murder, in their imposing language, are the arts of civil policy. When they have made the world a solitude, they call it peace.
TACITUSNo hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
TACITUSLaws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
TACITUSEverything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
TACITUSThe hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.
TACITUSThe word liberty has been falsely used by persons who, being degenerately profligate in private life, and mischievous in public, had no hope left but in fomenting discord.
TACITUSIt is found by experience that admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin in the misdeeds of others.
TACITUSNature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
TACITUSDeos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
TACITUSPosterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
TACITUSA bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
TACITUSEloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.
TACITUSTruth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
TACITUSIn stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.
TACITUSI am my nearest neighbour.
TACITUSZealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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