In valor there is hope.
TACITUSSeek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
More Tacitus Quotes
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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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Such being the happiness of the times, that you may think as you wish, and speak as you think.
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The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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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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Experience teaches. [Lat., Experientia docet.]
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They make a desert and call it peace.
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Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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Nature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
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