The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
TACITUSPosterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
More Tacitus Quotes
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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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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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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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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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It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
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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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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
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All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end.
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Benefits received are a delight to us as long as we think we can requite them; when that possibility is far exceeded, they are repaid with hatred instead of gratitude.
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
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