Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue.
TACITUSVictor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
More Tacitus Quotes
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We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.
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Nothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.
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In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
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The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.
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Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
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An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
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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 wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
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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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Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
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A bad peace is even worse than war.
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