In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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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More faults are often committed while we are trying to oblige than while we are giving offense.
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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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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
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In seasons of tumult and discord bad men have most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness.
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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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It is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
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The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast.
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Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others.
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A bad peace is even worse than war.
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Modest fame is not to be despised by the highest characters. [Lat., Modestiae fama neque summis mortalibus spernenda est.]
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Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure.
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The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
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