The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes
TACITUSThose in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
More Tacitus Quotes
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The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.
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A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad, will work out his ruin.
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.
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In private enterprises men may advance or recede, whereas they who aim at empire have no alternative between the highest success and utter downfall.
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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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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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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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