An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
TACITUSDeos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
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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 allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.
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The love of fame is a love that even the wisest of men are reluctant to forgo.
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Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
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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 changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
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The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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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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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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