If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.
TACITUSAll bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
More Tacitus Quotes
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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.
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Secure against the designs of men, secure against the malignity of the Gods, they have accomplished a thing of infinite difficulty; that to them nothing remains even to be wished.
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It is of eloquence as of a flame; it requires matter to feed it, and motion to excite it; and it brightens as it burns.
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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They make a desert and call it peace.
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Valor is the contempt of death and pain.
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.
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