It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
TACITUSThey make a desert and call it peace.
More Tacitus Quotes
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A cowardly populace which will dare nothing beyond talk.
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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Rumor is not always wrong
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Such being the happiness of the times, that you may think as you wish, and speak as you think.
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
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Nothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.
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We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
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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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Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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