Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
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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I am my nearest neighbour.
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It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
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When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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A cowardly populace which will dare nothing beyond talk.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.
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The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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This I regard as history’s highest function, to let no worthy action be uncommemorated, and to hold out the reprobation of posterity as a terror to evil words and deeds.
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So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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