Top 5 quotes from Tacitus |
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- "Abuse, if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it."
- "All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end."
- "In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous."
- "It is only necessary to make war with five things: with the maladies of the body, with the ignorances of the mind, with the passions of the body, with the seditions of the city, with the discords of families."
- "Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable."
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Top 5 quotes from Freedom |
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"It is my living sentiment, and by the blessing of God it shall be my dying sentiment, independence now and independence forever."
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"The jaws of power are always open to devour, and her arm is always stretched out, if possible, to destroy the freedom of thinking, speaking, and writing."
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"A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man."
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"If you will not fight for the right when you can easily win without bloodshed; if you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a small chance of survival. There may even be a worse case: you may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves."
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"Freedom is the recognition that no single person, no single authority or government has a monopoly on the truth, but that every individual life is infinitely precious, that every one of us put in this world has been put there for a reason and has something to offer."
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