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Tacitus Quotes about War

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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.

The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.

Tacitus
Peace, Freedom, War
"Annals". Book by Tacitus, Book III, 27,

The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.

Tacitus
Peace, War, Crime

A bad peace is even worse than war.

Tacitus
Peace, War, Ubuntu

To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.

Tacitus
Peace, War, Empires

So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.

Tacitus
Memorial Day, Peace, War
"Agricola". Book by Tacitus, transl. by G. J. Acheson, chapter 4, paragraph 22, final sentence, p. 72, 1938.

Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.

Tacitus
War, Shameful

War will of itself discover and lay open the hidden and rankling wounds of the victorious party.

Tacitus
War, Party, Conquest
Tacitus (2007). “The Annals & The Histories”, p.448, Modern Library

It was rather a cessation of war than a beginning of peace. [Lat., Bellum magis desierat, quam pax coeperat.]

Tacitus
Peace, War

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