The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
TACITUSA desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
More Tacitus Quotes
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A cowardly populace which will dare nothing beyond talk.
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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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Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
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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 unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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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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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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No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
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[That form of] eloquence, the foster-child of licence, which fools call liberty. [Lat., Eloquentia, alumna licentiae, quam stulti libertatem vocabant.]
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No one in Germany laughs at vice, nor do they call it the fashion to corrupt and to be corrupted.
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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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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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Bodies are slow of growth, but are rapid in their dissolution. [Lat., Corpora lente augescent, cito extinguuntur.]
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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
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Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.
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Keen at the start, but careless at the end.
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
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Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.
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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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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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