Solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant. They make a wilderness and they call it peace.
TACITUSIt is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Conspicuous by his absence.
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In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.
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Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it.
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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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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.
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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One who is allowed to sin, sins less
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.
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In valor there is hope.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
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So obscure are the greatest events, as some take for granted any hearsay, whatever its source, others turn truth into falsehood, and both errors find encouragement with posterity.
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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
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