The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
TACITUSThat cannot be safe which is not honourable.
More Tacitus Quotes
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It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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Reason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to a leader.
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A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad, will work out his ruin.
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Rumor is not always wrong
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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Once killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.
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The principal office of history I take to be this: to prevent virtuous actions from being forgotten, and that evil words and deeds should fear an infamous reputation with posterity.
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In all things there is a kind of law of cycles. [Lat., Rebus cunctis inest quidam velut orbis.]
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There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
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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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We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
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