An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
TACITUSAn honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
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Rumor is not always wrong
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The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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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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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad, will work out his ruin.
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The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes
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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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So obscure are the greatest events, as some take for granted any hearsay, whatever its source, others turn truth into falsehood, and both errors find encouragement with posterity.
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War will of itself discover and lay open the hidden and rankling wounds of the victorious party.
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We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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