Keen at the start, but careless at the end.
TACITUSA man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad, will work out his ruin.
More Tacitus Quotes
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A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
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The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes
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The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
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To rob, to ravage, to murder, in their imposing language, are the arts of civil policy. When they have made the world a solitude, they call it peace.
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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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Experience teaches. [Lat., Experientia docet.]
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No one in Germany laughs at vice, nor do they call it the fashion to corrupt and to be corrupted.
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It is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
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An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
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Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
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The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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A bad peace is even worse than war.
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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