To rob, to ravage, to murder, in their imposing language, are the arts of civil policy. When they have made the world a solitude, they call it peace.
TACITUSModest fame is not to be despised by the highest characters. [Lat., Modestiae fama neque summis mortalibus spernenda est.]
More Tacitus Quotes
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The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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Reckless adventure is the fool’s hazard.
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People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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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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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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