Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
TACITUSOther men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
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Whatever is unknown is magnified.
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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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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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No one in Germany laughs at vice, nor do they call it the fashion to corrupt and to be corrupted.
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The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.
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It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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