Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
TACITUSThe unknown always passes for the marvellous.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.
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The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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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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No one in Germany laughs at vice, nor do they call it the fashion to corrupt and to be corrupted.
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Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others.
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Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
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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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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
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He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again.
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In all things there is a law of cycles.
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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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