Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
TACITUSSolitudinem faciunt pacem appellant. They make a wilderness and they call it peace.
More Tacitus Quotes
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The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
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A bad peace is even worse than war.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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It is found by experience that admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin in the misdeeds of others.
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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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Rumor is not always wrong
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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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They terrify lest they should fear.
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The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast.
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The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
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A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
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Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
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