The grove is the centre of their whole religion. It is regarded as the cradle of the race and the dwelling-place of the supreme god to whom all things are subject and obedient.
TACITUSWe accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
More Tacitus Quotes
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Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
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Rumor is not always wrong
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[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
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In private enterprises men may advance or recede, whereas they who aim at empire have no alternative between the highest success and utter downfall.
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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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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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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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The powerful hold in deep remembrance an ill-timed pleasantry. [Lat., Facetiarum apud praepotentes in longum memoria est.]
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Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.
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The task of history is to hold out for reprobation every evil word and deed, and to hold out for praise every great and noble word and deed.
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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.
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