War will of itself discover and lay open the hidden and rankling wounds of the victorious party.
TACITUSFormerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Valor is the contempt of death and pain.
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They make a desert and call it peace.
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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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Rulers always hate and suspect the next in succession. [Lat., Suspectum semper invisumque dominantibus qui proximus destinaretur.]
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Bodies are slow of growth, but are rapid in their dissolution. [Lat., Corpora lente augescent, cito extinguuntur.]
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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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It is found by experience that admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin in the misdeeds of others.
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It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
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Experience teaches. [Lat., Experientia docet.]
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Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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All inconsiderate enterprises are impetuous at first, but soon lanquish. [Lat., Omnia inconsulti impetus coepta, initiis valida, spatio languescunt.]
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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 love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
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