The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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Conspicuous by his absence.
More Tacitus Quotes
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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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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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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
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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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The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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Experience teaches. [Lat., Experientia docet.]
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
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It is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.
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Keen at the start, but careless at the end.
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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