Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
TACITUSSeek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
More Tacitus Quotes
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They terrify lest they should fear.
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A bad peace is even worse than war.
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Nothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.
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Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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Keen at the start, but careless at the end.
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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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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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In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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The powerful hold in deep remembrance an ill-timed pleasantry. [Lat., Facetiarum apud praepotentes in longum memoria est.]
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Forethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader. [Lat., Ratio et consilium, propriae ducis artes.]
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