Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
TACITUSAn honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
More Tacitus Quotes
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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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A cowardly populace which will dare nothing beyond talk.
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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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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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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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Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
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Reason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to a leader.
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They make a desert and call it peace.
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
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