When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
TACITUSAn honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Such being the happiness of the times, that you may think as you wish, and speak as you think.
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Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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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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The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.
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In private enterprises men may advance or recede, whereas they who aim at empire have no alternative between the highest success and utter downfall.
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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.
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All inconsiderate enterprises are impetuous at first, but soon lanquish. [Lat., Omnia inconsulti impetus coepta, initiis valida, spatio languescunt.]
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If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.
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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast.
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Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue.
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Solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant. They make a wilderness and they call it peace.
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