Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
TACITUSFalsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
More Tacitus Quotes
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The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast.
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
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None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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All inconsiderate enterprises are impetuous at first, but soon lanquish. [Lat., Omnia inconsulti impetus coepta, initiis valida, spatio languescunt.]
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Solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant. They make a wilderness and they call it peace.
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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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Whatever is unknown is magnified.
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So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
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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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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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