Neglected, calumny soon expires, show that you are hurt, and you give it the appearance of truth.
TACITUSReason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
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Keen at the start, but careless at the end.
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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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More faults are often committed while we are trying to oblige than while we are giving offense.
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Valor is the contempt of death and pain.
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The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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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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