Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
TACITUSFear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
TACITUSGreat empires are not maintained by timidity.
TACITUSSo obscure are the greatest events, as some take for granted any hearsay, whatever its source, others turn truth into falsehood, and both errors find encouragement with posterity.
TACITUSBottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
TACITUSThe lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
TACITUSFlatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
TACITUSRumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.
TACITUSLegions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
TACITUSThe desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
TACITUSRemedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
TACITUSOther men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
TACITUSEvery recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue.
TACITUSNo hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
TACITUSIt belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
TACITUSWe accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
TACITUSAbuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it.
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