All inconsiderate enterprises are impetuous at first, but soon lanquish. [Lat., Omnia inconsulti impetus coepta, initiis valida, spatio languescunt.]
TACITUSIn all things there is a law of cycles.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
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Rulers always hate and suspect the next in succession. [Lat., Suspectum semper invisumque dominantibus qui proximus destinaretur.]
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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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Secure against the designs of men, secure against the malignity of the Gods, they have accomplished a thing of infinite difficulty; that to them nothing remains even to be wished.
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Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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It is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
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In private enterprises men may advance or recede, whereas they who aim at empire have no alternative between the highest success and utter downfall.
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The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes
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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
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