War will of itself discover and lay open the hidden and rankling wounds of the victorious party.
TACITUSPower acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.
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So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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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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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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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.
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In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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In all things there is a law of cycles.
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Valor is the contempt of death and pain.
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Bodies are slow of growth, but are rapid in their dissolution. [Lat., Corpora lente augescent, cito extinguuntur.]
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No one in Germany laughs at vice, nor do they call it the fashion to corrupt and to be corrupted.
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The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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