It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
TACITUSA cowardly populace which will dare nothing beyond talk.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Modest fame is not to be despised by the highest characters. [Lat., Modestiae fama neque summis mortalibus spernenda est.]
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To rob, to ravage, to murder, in their imposing language, are the arts of civil policy. When they have made the world a solitude, they call it peace.
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Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
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Neglected, calumny soon expires, show that you are hurt, and you give it the appearance of truth.
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This I regard as history’s highest function, to let no worthy action be uncommemorated, and to hold out the reprobation of posterity as a terror to evil words and deeds.
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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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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
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We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
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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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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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