They make a desert and call it peace.
TACITUSAll enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end.
More Tacitus Quotes
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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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The task of history is to hold out for reprobation every evil word and deed, and to hold out for praise every great and noble word and deed.
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There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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The word liberty has been falsely used by persons who, being degenerately profligate in private life, and mischievous in public, had no hope left but in fomenting discord.
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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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The sciences throw an inexpressible grace over our compositions, even where they are not immediately concerned; as their effects are discernible where we least expect to find them.
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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
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