Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
TACITUSCustom adapts itself to expediency.
More Tacitus Quotes
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In all things there is a kind of law of cycles. [Lat., Rebus cunctis inest quidam velut orbis.]
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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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Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
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An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
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Once killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.
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Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
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An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
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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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Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
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Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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Flattery labors under the odious charge of servility.
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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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