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.
TACITUSA desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
More Tacitus Quotes
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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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To rob, to ravage, to murder, in their imposing language, are the arts of civil policy. When they have made the world a solitude, they call it peace.
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[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
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Keen at the start, but careless at the end.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair through fear alone. [Lat., Fortes et strenuos etiam contra fortunam insistere, timidos et ignoros ad desperationem formidine properare.]
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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Solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant. They make a wilderness and they call it peace.
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It is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.
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Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent.
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