To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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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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If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.
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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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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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It is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.
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Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
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Nature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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