Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.
TACITUSVictor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
More Tacitus Quotes
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In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.
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This I regard as history’s highest function, to let no worthy action be uncommemorated, and to hold out the reprobation of posterity as a terror to evil words and deeds.
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War will of itself discover and lay open the hidden and rankling wounds of the victorious party.
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Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
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So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it.
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
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Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
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Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
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