In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.
TACITUSI am my nearest neighbour.
More Tacitus Quotes
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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.
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Reckless adventure is the fool’s hazard.
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Valor is the contempt of death and pain.
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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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Whatever is unknown is magnified.
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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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They make a desert and call it peace.
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No one in Germany laughs at vice, nor do they call it the fashion to corrupt and to be corrupted.
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None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
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To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.
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More faults are often committed while we are trying to oblige than while we are giving offense.
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Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
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Conspicuous by his absence.
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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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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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