It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
TACITUSThe desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
More Tacitus Quotes
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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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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Solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant. They make a wilderness and they call it peace.
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Flattery labors under the odious charge of servility.
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Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
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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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None grieve so ostentatiously as those who rejoice most in heart. [Lat., Nulla jactantius moerent quam qui maxime laetantur.]
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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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One who is allowed to sin, sins less
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