Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
TACITUSPosterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
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The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
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Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
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Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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Solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant. They make a wilderness and they call it peace.
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The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.
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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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Following Emporer Nero’s command, “Let the Christians be exterminated!:” . . . they [the Christians] were made the subjects of sport; they were covered with the hides of wild beasts and worried to death by dogs, or nailed to crosses or set fire to, and when the day waned, burned to serve for the evening lights.
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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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