Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
TACITUSOnce killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.
More Tacitus Quotes
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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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The powerful hold in deep remembrance an ill-timed pleasantry. [Lat., Facetiarum apud praepotentes in longum memoria est.]
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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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Nothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.
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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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Valor is the contempt of death and pain.
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A bad peace is even worse than war.
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The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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In all things there is a law of cycles.
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Who the first inhabitants of Britain were, whether natives or immigrants, remains obscure; one must remember we are dealing with barbarians.
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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
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Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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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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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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The word liberty has been falsely used by persons who, being degenerately profligate in private life, and mischievous in public, had no hope left but in fomenting discord.
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Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
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