Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
TACITUSEven honor and virtue make enemies, condemning, as they do, their opposites by too close a contrast.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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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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Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
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The persecution of genius fosters its influence.
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The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.
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The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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The grove is the centre of their whole religion. It is regarded as the cradle of the race and the dwelling-place of the supreme god to whom all things are subject and obedient.
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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None grieve so ostentatiously as those who rejoice most in heart. [Lat., Nulla jactantius moerent quam qui maxime laetantur.]
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