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.
TACITUSMen are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure.
More Tacitus Quotes
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In valor there is hope.
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Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
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The love of fame is a love that even the wisest of men are reluctant to forgo.
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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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It is found by experience that admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin in the misdeeds of others.
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No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
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Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
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Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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Rulers always hate and suspect the next in succession. [Lat., Suspectum semper invisumque dominantibus qui proximus destinaretur.]
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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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The 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.
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In all things there is a law of cycles.
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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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Forethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader. [Lat., Ratio et consilium, propriae ducis artes.]
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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