Secure against the designs of men, secure against the malignity of the Gods, they have accomplished a thing of infinite difficulty; that to them nothing remains even to be wished.
TACITUSNone make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
More Tacitus Quotes
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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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In seasons of tumult and discord bad men have most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness.
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
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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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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.
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.
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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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Experience teaches. [Lat., Experientia docet.]
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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