The gods are on the side of the stronger.
TACITUSThe sciences throw an inexpressible grace over our compositions, even where they are not immediately concerned; as their effects are discernible where we least expect to find them.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.
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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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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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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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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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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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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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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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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
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It is of eloquence as of a flame; it requires matter to feed it, and motion to excite it; and it brightens as it burns.
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