The gods are on the side of the stronger.
TACITUSA bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Modest fame is not to be despised by the highest characters. [Lat., Modestiae fama neque summis mortalibus spernenda est.]
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They terrify lest they should fear.
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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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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.
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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
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Nothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.
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Once killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.
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More faults are often committed while we are trying to oblige than while we are giving offense.
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