Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
TACITUSAll bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
More Tacitus Quotes
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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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Once killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.
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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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[That form of] eloquence, the foster-child of licence, which fools call liberty. [Lat., Eloquentia, alumna licentiae, quam stulti libertatem vocabant.]
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others.
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He (Tiberius) was wont to mock at the arts of physicians, and at those who, after thirty years of age, needed counsel as to what was good or bad for their bodies.
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
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All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end.
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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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Such being the happiness of the times, that you may think as you wish, and speak as you think.
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Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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