Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
TACITUSTruth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
More Tacitus Quotes
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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
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All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end.
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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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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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Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
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The grove is the centre of their whole religion. It is regarded as the cradle of the race and the dwelling-place of the supreme god to whom all things are subject and obedient.
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