An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
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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It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
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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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In all things there is a law of cycles.
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
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Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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Rumor is not always wrong
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The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
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The powerful hold in deep remembrance an ill-timed pleasantry. [Lat., Facetiarum apud praepotentes in longum memoria est.]
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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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In seasons of tumult and discord bad men have most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness.
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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
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Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure.
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