The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
TACITUSTo plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.
More Tacitus Quotes
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
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A bad peace is even worse than war.
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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In valor there is hope.
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Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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All inconsiderate enterprises are impetuous at first, but soon lanquish. [Lat., Omnia inconsulti impetus coepta, initiis valida, spatio languescunt.]
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
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The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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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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Rulers always hate and suspect the next in succession. [Lat., Suspectum semper invisumque dominantibus qui proximus destinaretur.]
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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In all things there is a kind of law of cycles. [Lat., Rebus cunctis inest quidam velut orbis.]
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An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
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