The gods are on the side of the stronger.
TACITUSSo as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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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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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
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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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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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The grove is the centre of their whole religion. It is regarded as the cradle of the race and the dwelling-place of the supreme god to whom all things are subject and obedient.
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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.
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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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