Rumor is not always wrong
TACITUSMiseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
More Tacitus Quotes
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It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
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They terrify lest they should fear.
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Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
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The principal office of history I take to be this: to prevent virtuous actions from being forgotten, and that evil words and deeds should fear an infamous reputation with posterity.
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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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They make a desert and call it peace.
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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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The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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In seasons of tumult and discord bad men have most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness.
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Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
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Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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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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