Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
TACITUSOnce killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.
More Tacitus Quotes
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People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
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All those things that are now field to be of the greatest antiquity were at one time new; what we to-day hold up by example will rank hereafter as precedent.
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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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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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Valor is the contempt of death and pain.
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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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War will of itself discover and lay open the hidden and rankling wounds of the victorious party.
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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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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The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair through fear alone. [Lat., Fortes et strenuos etiam contra fortunam insistere, timidos et ignoros ad desperationem formidine properare.]
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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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