If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.
TACITUSBenefits received are a delight to us as long as we think we can requite them; when that possibility is far exceeded, they are repaid with hatred instead of gratitude.
More Tacitus Quotes
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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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Modest fame is not to be despised by the highest characters. [Lat., Modestiae fama neque summis mortalibus spernenda est.]
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To rob, to ravage, to murder, in their imposing language, are the arts of civil policy. When they have made the world a solitude, they call it peace.
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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
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Benefits received are a delight to us as long as we think we can requite them; when that possibility is far exceeded, they are repaid with hatred instead of gratitude.
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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He (Tiberius) was wont to mock at the arts of physicians, and at those who, after thirty years of age, needed counsel as to what was good or bad for their bodies.
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Conspicuous by his absence.
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The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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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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