Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
TACITUSTo show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
More Tacitus Quotes
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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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Reason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to a leader.
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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
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The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.
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Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent.
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So obscure are the greatest events, as some take for granted any hearsay, whatever its source, others turn truth into falsehood, and both errors find encouragement with posterity.
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
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It is of eloquence as of a flame; it requires matter to feed it, and motion to excite it; and it brightens as it burns.
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The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
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The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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