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.
TACITUSNo one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
More Tacitus Quotes
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None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.
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Benefits received are a delight to us as long as we think we can requite them; when that possibility is far exceeded, they are repaid with hatred instead of gratitude.
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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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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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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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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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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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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