Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others.
TACITUSNature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
More Tacitus Quotes
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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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Nothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.
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Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end.
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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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The sciences throw an inexpressible grace over our compositions, even where they are not immediately concerned; as their effects are discernible where we least expect to find them.
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The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
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It is found by experience that admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin in the misdeeds of others.
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