The sciences throw an inexpressible grace over our compositions, even where they are not immediately concerned; as their effects are discernible where we least expect to find them.
TACITUSThey make a desert and call it peace.
More Tacitus Quotes
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The principal office of history I take to be this: to prevent virtuous actions from being forgotten, and that evil words and deeds should fear an infamous reputation with posterity.
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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They terrify lest they should fear.
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Once killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.
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So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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Reason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to a leader.
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Following Emporer Nero’s command, “Let the Christians be exterminated!:” . . . they [the Christians] were made the subjects of sport; they were covered with the hides of wild beasts and worried to death by dogs, or nailed to crosses or set fire to, and when the day waned, burned to serve for the evening lights.
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Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
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The task of history is to hold out for reprobation every evil word and deed, and to hold out for praise every great and noble word and deed.
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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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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes
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The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
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Neglected, calumny soon expires, show that you are hurt, and you give it the appearance of truth.
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