The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
TACITUSThe desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
TACITUSThings are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
TACITUSThey make a desert and call it peace.
TACITUSConspicuous by his absence.
TACITUSSo as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
TACITUSIt is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
TACITUSChristianity is a pestilent superstition.
TACITUSThe lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
TACITUSMiseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
TACITUSIn a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
TACITUSTo 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.
TACITUSPower acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
TACITUSTraitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
TACITUSIn the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
TACITUSExperience teaches. [Lat., Experientia docet.]
TACITUSZealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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