The word liberty has been falsely used by persons who, being degenerately profligate in private life, and mischievous in public, had no hope left but in fomenting discord.
TACITUSRemedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
More Tacitus Quotes
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The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.
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Benefits received are a delight to us as long as we think we can requite them; when that possibility is far exceeded, they are repaid with hatred instead of gratitude.
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Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
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We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
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Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
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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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[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
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Who the first inhabitants of Britain were, whether natives or immigrants, remains obscure; one must remember we are dealing with barbarians.
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Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
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