A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
TACITUSWe see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
More Tacitus Quotes
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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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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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Once killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.
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Who the first inhabitants of Britain were, whether natives or immigrants, remains obscure; one must remember we are dealing with barbarians.
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Experience teaches. [Lat., Experientia docet.]
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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue.
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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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Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
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Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
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Forethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader. [Lat., Ratio et consilium, propriae ducis artes.]
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In all things there is a law of cycles.
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Secure against the designs of men, secure against the malignity of the Gods, they have accomplished a thing of infinite difficulty; that to them nothing remains even to be wished.
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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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