In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.
TACITUSZealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
More Tacitus Quotes
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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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It is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we 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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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad, will work out his ruin.
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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
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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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He (Tiberius) was wont to mock at the arts of physicians, and at those who, after thirty years of age, needed counsel as to what was good or bad for their bodies.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair through fear alone. [Lat., Fortes et strenuos etiam contra fortunam insistere, timidos et ignoros ad desperationem formidine properare.]
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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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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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In private enterprises men may advance or recede, whereas they who aim at empire have no alternative between the highest success and utter downfall.
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