We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
TACITUSOne who is allowed to sin, sins less
More Tacitus Quotes
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It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
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Whatever is unknown is magnified.
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The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end.
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They make a desert and call it peace.
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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.
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Nature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
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We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
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The grove is the centre of their whole religion. It is regarded as the cradle of the race and the dwelling-place of the supreme god to whom all things are subject and obedient.
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When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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Solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant. They make a wilderness and they call it peace.
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