If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.
TACITUSSecure 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.
More Tacitus Quotes
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[That form of] eloquence, the foster-child of licence, which fools call liberty. [Lat., Eloquentia, alumna licentiae, quam stulti libertatem vocabant.]
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The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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A bad peace is even worse than war.
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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
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This I regard as history’s highest function, to let no worthy action be uncommemorated, and to hold out the reprobation of posterity as a terror to evil words and deeds.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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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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Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair through fear alone. [Lat., Fortes et strenuos etiam contra fortunam insistere, timidos et ignoros ad desperationem formidine properare.]
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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