In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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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A bad peace is even worse than war.
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Solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant. They make a wilderness and they call it peace.
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One who is allowed to sin, sins less
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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Flattery labors under the odious charge of servility.
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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Neglected, calumny soon expires, show that you are hurt, and you give it the appearance of truth.
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[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
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In all things there is a law of cycles.
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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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Reckless adventure is the fool’s hazard.
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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.
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Once killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.
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So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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It is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.
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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
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All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end.
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The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
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Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.
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