Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
TACITUSMore faults are often committed while we are trying to oblige than while we are giving offense.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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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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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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In valor there is hope.
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So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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A cowardly populace which will dare nothing beyond talk.
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We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
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In private enterprises men may advance or recede, whereas they who aim at empire have no alternative between the highest success and utter downfall.
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Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
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