Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
TACITUSA cowardly populace which will dare nothing beyond talk.
More Tacitus Quotes
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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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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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Reckless adventure is the fool’s hazard.
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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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People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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Nature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
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Nothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.
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Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
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In all things there is a law of cycles.
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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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