They make solitude, which they call peace.
TACITUSPeople flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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Whatever is unknown is magnified.
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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
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Conspicuous by his absence.
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A bad peace is even worse than war.
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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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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
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The principal office of history I take to be this: to prevent virtuous actions from being forgotten, and that evil words and deeds should fear an infamous reputation with posterity.
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Rulers always hate and suspect the next in succession. [Lat., Suspectum semper invisumque dominantibus qui proximus destinaretur.]
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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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