Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
TACITUSSolitudinem faciunt pacem appellant. They make a wilderness and they call it peace.
More Tacitus Quotes
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The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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Whatever is unknown is magnified.
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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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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
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Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent.
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Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
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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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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.
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He (Tiberius) was wont to mock at the arts of physicians, and at those who, after thirty years of age, needed counsel as to what was good or bad for their bodies.
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The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
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So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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