Nature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
TACITUSAbuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it.
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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Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
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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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The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
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The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
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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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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
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It is found by experience that admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin in the misdeeds of others.
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The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.
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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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None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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