He (Tiberius) was wont to mock at the arts of physicians, and at those who, after thirty years of age, needed counsel as to what was good or bad for their bodies.
TACITUSForethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader. [Lat., Ratio et consilium, propriae ducis artes.]
More Tacitus Quotes
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair through fear alone. [Lat., Fortes et strenuos etiam contra fortunam insistere, timidos et ignoros ad desperationem formidine properare.]
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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In all things there is a kind of law of cycles. [Lat., Rebus cunctis inest quidam velut orbis.]
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A bad peace is even worse than war.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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Rumor is not always wrong
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
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We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
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A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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Neglected, calumny soon expires, show that you are hurt, and you give it the appearance of truth.
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Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.
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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent.
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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
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He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again.
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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In valor there is hope.
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