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> [“Battles against Rome have been lost and won before, but hope was never abandoned, since we were always here in reserve. We, the choicest flower of Britain's manhood, were hidden away in her most secret places. Out of sight of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tacitus/battles-against-rome-have-been-lost-and-won-before-but-hope-was-never/)

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> [“But there are no more nations beyond us; nothing is there but waves and rocks, and the Romans, more deadly still than these - for in them is an arrogance which no submission or good behaviour can escape. Pillagers of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tacitus/but-there-are-no-more-nations-beyond-us-nothing-is-there-but-waves/)

[Tacitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tacitus/)

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## Other authors on East and west

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## More by Tacitus

> [Benefits received are a delight to us as long as we think we can requite them; when that possibility is far exceeded, they are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tacitus/benefits-received-are-a-delight-to-us-as-long-as-we-think-we-can/)

[Tacitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tacitus/)

> [Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tacitus/rumor-does-not-always-err-it-sometimes-even-elects-a-man/)

[Tacitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tacitus/)

> [ None mourn more ostentatiously than those who most rejoice at it \[a death\]. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tacitus/none-mourn-more-ostentatiously-than-those-who-most-rejoice-at-it-a/)

[Tacitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tacitus/)

> [So true is it that all transactions of preeminent importance are wrapt in doubt and obscurity; while some hold for certain facts the most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tacitus/so-true-is-it-that-all-transactions-of-preeminent-importance-are/)

[Tacitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tacitus/)

> [Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tacitus/be-assured-those-will-be-thy-worst-enemies-not-to-whom-thou-hast-done/)

[Tacitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tacitus/)

> [Christianity is a pestilent superstition.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tacitus/christianity-is-a-pestilent-superstition/)

[Tacitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tacitus/)

> [Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tacitus/indeed-the-crowning-proof-of-their-valour-and-their-strength-is-that/)

[Tacitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tacitus/)

> [Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tacitus/formerly-we-suffered-from-crimes-now-we-suffer-from-laws/)

[Tacitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tacitus/)

> [ None mourn more ostentatiously over the death of Germanicus than those who most rejoice at it \[a death\]. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tacitus/none-mourn-more-ostentatiously-over-the-death-of-germanicus-than/)

[Tacitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tacitus/)

> [Once killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tacitus/once-killing-starts-it-is-difficult-to-draw-the-line/)

[Tacitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tacitus/)

> [The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tacitus/the-lust-of-dominion-burns-with-a-flame-so-fierce-as-to-overpower-all/)

[Tacitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tacitus/)

> [“It is a principle of nature to hate those whom you have injured.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tacitus/it-is-a-principle-of-nature-to-hate-those-whom-you-have-injured/)

[Tacitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tacitus/)

> [Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tacitus/kindness-so-far-as-we-can-return-it-is-agreeable/)

[Tacitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tacitus/)

> [Posterity gives every man his true value.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tacitus/posterity-gives-every-man-his-true-value/)

[Tacitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tacitus/)

> [The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tacitus/the-most-detestable-race-of-enemies-are-flatterers/)

[Tacitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tacitus/)

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