To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.
TACITUSHe that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again.
More Tacitus Quotes
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So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others.
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Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
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[That form of] eloquence, the foster-child of licence, which fools call liberty. [Lat., Eloquentia, alumna licentiae, quam stulti libertatem vocabant.]
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Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
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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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Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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The task of history is to hold out for reprobation every evil word and deed, and to hold out for praise every great and noble word and deed.
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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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