In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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All 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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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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The powerful hold in deep remembrance an ill-timed pleasantry. [Lat., Facetiarum apud praepotentes in longum memoria est.]
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In all things there is a kind of law of cycles. [Lat., Rebus cunctis inest quidam velut orbis.]
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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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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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An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
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Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
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The persecution of genius fosters its influence.
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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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In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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Secure against the designs of men, secure against the malignity of the Gods, they have accomplished a thing of infinite difficulty; that to them nothing remains even to be wished.
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