Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
TACITUSSolitudinem faciunt pacem appellant. They make a wilderness and they call it peace.
More Tacitus Quotes
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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.
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Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
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Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
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One who is allowed to sin, sins less
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It is of eloquence as of a flame; it requires matter to feed it, and motion to excite it; and it brightens as it burns.
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Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.
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In private enterprises men may advance or recede, whereas they who aim at empire have no alternative between the highest success and utter downfall.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.
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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others.
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He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again.
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Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.
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A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad, will work out his ruin.
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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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