Tacitus Quotes

Opposition brings concord. Out of discord comes the fairest harmony.

No one is served by continued uncertainty and fractious debate.

War may be made by one party, but it requires two to make peace.

Once in a while I can agree with the enemy.

There can be no reconciliation where there is no open warfare. There must be a battle, a brave boisterous battle, with pennants waving and cannon roaring, before there can be peaceful treaties and enthusiastic shaking of hands.

As long as there are two nations, two parties, two sexes or even two people there are going to be divisions. And all the talk in the world isn't going to change that. Thank goodness!

Peace does not include a vendetta; there will be neither winners nor losers.

Love-quarrels oft in pleasing concord end.

In history, the moments during which reason and reconciliation prevail are short and fleeting.

It may happen sometimes that a long debate becomes the cause of a longer friendship. Commonly, those who dispute with one another at last agree.

Conciliation is the enemy.

There is some tension but at the end of the day you have to reconcile.

We are caught in war, wanting peace. We are torn by division, wanting unity.

One should not maintain a dispute.

I love when a protagonist and antagonist can find common ground.

If you're allowing the political environment to infect your relationships, it's time to bury the hatchets.

Why can't we all just get along?

Agreement is made more precious by disagreement.

A peace deal requires agreements, and you don't make agreements with your friends, you make agreements with your enemies.

We do not mind establishing a long-term truce between us and you.

Good wishes alone will not ensure peace.

When people are divided, the only solution is agreement.

Let us move from the era of confrontation to the era of negotiation.

War is over if you want it.

It is always disarming to treat with the enemy, so to speak.