They make solitude, which they call peace.
TACITUSVictor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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The worst hatred is that of relatives.
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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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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.
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They make a desert and call it peace.
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Conspicuous by his absence.
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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
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Flattery labors under the odious charge of servility.
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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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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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