Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
TACITUSAll 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.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.
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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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Reckless adventure is the fool’s hazard.
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Keen at the start, but careless at the end.
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Solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant. They make a wilderness and they call it peace.
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Rulers always hate and suspect the next in succession. [Lat., Suspectum semper invisumque dominantibus qui proximus destinaretur.]
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In valor there is hope.
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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