They make a desert and call it peace.
TACITUSNature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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Benefits received are a delight to us as long as we think we can requite them; when that possibility is far exceeded, they are repaid with hatred instead of gratitude.
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Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.
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The love of fame is a love that even the wisest of men are reluctant to forgo.
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A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
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So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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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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All those things that are now field to be of the greatest antiquity were at one time new; what we to-day hold up by example will rank hereafter as precedent.
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