Things forbidden have a secret charm.
TACITUSSolitudinem faciunt pacem appellant. They make a wilderness and they call it peace.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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All inconsiderate enterprises are impetuous at first, but soon lanquish. [Lat., Omnia inconsulti impetus coepta, initiis valida, spatio languescunt.]
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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Nature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
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Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
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Flattery labors under the odious charge of servility.
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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Forethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader. [Lat., Ratio et consilium, propriae ducis artes.]
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Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure.
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Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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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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