The gods are on the side of the stronger.
TACITUSNo one in Germany laughs at vice, nor do they call it the fashion to corrupt and to be corrupted.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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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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There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
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If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.
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Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
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Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it.
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Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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Solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant. They make a wilderness and they call it peace.
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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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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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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