War will of itself discover and lay open the hidden and rankling wounds of the victorious party.
TACITUSThe powerful hold in deep remembrance an ill-timed pleasantry. [Lat., Facetiarum apud praepotentes in longum memoria est.]
More Tacitus Quotes
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
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So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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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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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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He (Tiberius) was wont to mock at the arts of physicians, and at those who, after thirty years of age, needed counsel as to what was good or bad for their bodies.
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Nothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.
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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others.
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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
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In valor there is hope.
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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