The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast.
TACITUSValor is the contempt of death and pain.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
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Modest fame is not to be despised by the highest characters. [Lat., Modestiae fama neque summis mortalibus spernenda est.]
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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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Whatever is unknown is magnified.
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Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others.
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Secure against the designs of men, secure against the malignity of the Gods, they have accomplished a thing of infinite difficulty; that to them nothing remains even to be wished.
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.
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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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War will of itself discover and lay open the hidden and rankling wounds of the victorious party.
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